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Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering and checking PL-259

To: "Floyd Sense" <fsense@copper.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Soldering and checking PL-259
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 09:23:19 -0500
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> Tom - what sort of high voltage source do you use for this
testing?  I see a
> few hi-pot testers on ebay from time to time and wonder
what would be
> adequate for testing vacuum caps and other things such as
the connectors.

While I have hi-pot testers, I often use a small surplus 12
volt to 18kV power supply originally used for copiers. I
just vary the input voltage.

I use it because it can run from nicads.

Almost any low current HV supply will do. Hi-pots work fine.

73 Tom



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