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

[Alex Eban]

Every thing is all right but , please don't insult the floor!!!
Alex	4Z5KS

-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron Youvan
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:00 PM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Rubber Mats ( was Direct rectification of AC mains to
drive the amp, )

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

/*snip*/
> 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.
/*snip*/

   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.
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