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Re: [Amps] Is solid Cu 600VAC house wire, good for tank ?toroids?

To: g3rzp@g3rzp.wanadoo.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Amps] Is solid Cu 600VAC house wire, good for tank ?toroids?
From: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 02:27:04 -0800
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On Jan 5, 2006, at 1:45 AM, Peter Chadwick wrote:

> Figure that you'll have the HV minus around 400 to 1000 volts 
> (depending on tube etc) across the coil. PVC is pretty lossy, and 
> nylon isn't any better. My feeling is that you're well on the way for 
> some acrid smoke and a few fireworks. I've seen the results of trying 
> to use 600 volt rated wire for the taps on a tank coil for a 2 MHz 
> marine radio. That had 3 6146Bs in and was rated at 100 PEP watts out. 
> It was the CEO who insisted that PVC was used - much cheaper!:

Sometimes cheaper turns out to be way more expensive.


>  engineering (me) said we needed Teflon insulated wire. we went to 
> Teflon......
> 73
> Peter G3RZP
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org

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