[Amps] Rubber Mats ( was Direct rectification of AC mains to drive the amp, )

[Ron Youvan]

On 10/07/2013 11:06 AM, donroden at hiwaay.net wrote:

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> I insulted it off the concrete floor with 1 foot wide rubber mats.

> It neasured 30 ohms to AC power common.


 >  Turns out that there was enough carbon black in the rubber for it to 
be conductive.
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   A friend asked me to test the vinyl jacket on common RG-8/U to see 
how good an insulator it is, because I have a Hi-Potter (to 45 kV) at 
work.  I couldn't test it, it is way too leaky to test, obviously for 
the same reason.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.