[Amps] water cooling

[Carl]

How conductive is pure deionized water? The tube I have here ran close to 
7kv and the water flowed thru clear plastic tubing.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby at onetel.net>
To: "amps" <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] water cooling


> Ron Youvan wrote:
>>> MSDC Klystrons ran around ten feet @ 32KV applied.
>>
>>    If they use Teflon tubing a foot might be sufficient.  Different 
>> brands are cooled differently so
>> it may depend on the arrangement.
>
> Perhaps I have mis-understood what you are saying, in which case I 
> apologise.
>
> Surely it is conductivity of the water that matters, not of the tubing. 
> Most
> plastics have a hell of a lot lower conductivity than water, so I would 
> think it
> is pretty irrelevant what plastic is used from a point of conductivity.
>
> Dave
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