Re: PVC and oil, mmc enclosures

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Original poster: "david baehr by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dfb25-at-hotmail-dot-com>


I have three homemade rolled caps in pvc tanks with oil....made 'em in 1993 and
they are still not leaking...use lots of pvc cement at the seams

>From: "Tesla list" 
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
>Subject: PVC and oil, mmc enclosures 
>Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:46:33 -0700 
> 
>Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz " 
> 
>Hi all, 
> 
>I am building an MMC and, as always, have a few questions... 
> 
>I have heard that filling PVC pipe with oil always leaks. Is this true? Is it 
>the glue joints that tend to fail, and if so, could epoxy or polyester resin
be 
>used to glue end caps on to prevent this? What about a PVC enclosure flushed 
>with an inert gas? I would prefer oil for cooling purposes. 
> 
>I have seen several breadboard style MMCs, and they look hard to replace an 
>individual cap. Any arrangement ideas out there that allow easy repair? 
> 
>Thanks! 
> 
>Jonathan Peakall 
> 
> 
> 


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