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DIY High voltage probe - safety concerns
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--- Quote from: tooki on October 31, 2019, 07:54:22 pm ---Well, is that surprising, given that we use PVC for water pipes? It wouldn't really work if it absorbed tons of water, I would think.
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Not in the least, but I'm pretty sure when I was making this thing, someone in another forum I was posting at may have commented on that very same issue, and I double checked it then.
In any case, the out wall is like 2 to 3 mm thick, and it's not being used as a coil, but as a barrier from the HV on the chain of resistors.
Because the resistor chain was first dipped in super corona dope, (4100V/mil), centered with styrofoam cutouts in the tube, and then the tube was sealed and coated with multiple layers of electrical tape, I was pretty sure of myself then about the probe's ability to withstand the 100kv.
Not sure if I would trust it now without testing it first though.
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