Re: Potting Diode Strings

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Goinbonkers-at-aol-dot-com>

It was used for years to pot home made capacitors etc.  has similar properties
to polyethylene as far a dielectric strength and constant.   I had a bank of
capacitors made from some transmitter caps that had the problem of arcing at
full voltage(about one inch between the bus plates) so I potted the bank in
parafin.   It worked well for about a year, but eventually carbon tracked.  
was easy to pot and un-pot though.  It should work well for a diode string. 
Mike 



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> Hi All 
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> Can anyone comment on using PARRAFIN WAX for potting diode strings? I 
> don't know what it's electrical properties are like, but it is certainly 
> easy to pour when molten... 
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> Cheers 
>
> Matthew Smith 
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