[TowerTalk] RG-213 Hi Pot ?

[jimlux]

On 5/10/19 9:51 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Does anybody know how much max V is on  RG-213 ?   Like what are the results if a hi-pot tester used..
> and say cranked up to the point where  just a few ma occurs .     I have an application where I need a  HV
> cable, less than 10 ft, that will  easily handle 5700 /  7700  vdc.   It will be hardwired at both ends, no HV connectors.
> And with braid peeled way back from the center conductor, like  2-4 inches .
> The plan was to also wrap some red electrical tape  every few inches  along its  entire  length, to readily identify it as a HV cable.
> 

1/2" coax (RG-8, RG-213, etc.) will easily take well over 10kV. more 
like 50 kV. There's a whole family of HV connector schemes that are 
basically a drilled out PL-259 with a banana plug on the end of the 
extended dielectric/center conductor, so you have a good 2-4" of surface 
creep distance.