Re: Has this been tried?

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi there,
             iv tried the chopping boards for mmc perf board and primary coil
supports. with great results and have also use the antibacterial type with
great results
cheers
colin

----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: Has this been tried?


 > Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Well... maybe it's HMW or MMW, not UH....
 > But PE, nonetheless...
 > PE has fairly low dissipation factor
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 8:44 PM
 > Subject: Re: Has this been tried?
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  > Hard to think they use UHMW for that..  But PE is so cheap.... Why not
 >  > ;-))   But if dissipation factor is a big deal, we need
 >  > polypropylene...  Not Polyethylene.....
 >  >
 >  > Cheers,
 >  >
 >  >          Terry
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > At 08:35 PM 7/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
 >  > >They are probably just great for this application... If they're sort
of
 > waxy
 >  > >and soft, they're UHMW polyethylene (that's Ultra High Molecular
 > Weight)...
 >  > >UHMW is the "poor mans's teflon", a great dielectric.
 >  > >
 >  > >----- Original Message -----
 >  > >From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > >To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > >Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:17 PM
 >  > >Subject: Has this been tried?
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > > > Original poster: "Christopher \"CajunCoiler\" Mayeux by way of
Terry
 > Fritz
 >  > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net>
 >  > > >
 >  > > > While at the local Wal-Mart, I noticed a variety
 >  > > > of white plastic cutting boards for cheap, and I
 >  > > > pondered if anyone has tested these for thier
 >  > > > insulative properties against high voltage. It's
 >  > > > a hard plastic, and would probably make a good
 >  > > > perf board for an MMC or a "Terry Filter" if it
 >  > > > were suitable.  Has anyone tried these yet?
 >  > > >
 >  > > >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 >