[AMPS] HV Connectors

[Steve]

Hello all,

FWIW, I use solid core automotive spark plug cable.  It fits the Millen HV
connectors just fine.  Longevity has got to be better in the house than
under the hood of a car.  I would guess it must be good for about 40kv or so.

73 de Steve, NJ4F

At 08:29 AM 1/18/99 -0800, Rich Measures wrote:
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>>Carl wrote:
>>>>The RG58 cable is rated at 15kV (DC, not RF) but not many amps. 
>>>
>>>
>>>You are way off Ian. RG-58C/U is rated at 1900V and RG-59B/U is rated at
>>>2300V per MIL -HDBK-216. Those are the solid dielectric cables, not foam.
>>>
>>Yup, same cable - but are you absolutely certain that 1900/2300V are DC
>>ratings? I'm looking here at a catalog that says 2.3kV peak RF, but also
>>15kV DC. Similar ratios apply for other cables.
>>
>>RG58 is routinely used for nucleonics applications carrying 5-10kV DC.
>>
>€  I can not break down RG-58/u with my 30kV-DC high-pot. tester.  
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>
>Rich...
>
>R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  
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