OH! Tubing! :) I thought you were talking about some sort of special wire jacketing. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:43 PM, David VanHorn wrote: > Hmm.. "Air line" isn't a term I'm used to hearing. I will have a look at > McGuckins tomorrow, but I would be surprised. Then again, if you can't > find it at McGuckins, you are in trouble. > > I suspect I'm going to be dealing with spark plug wire, at least this > weekend. > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Jason White < > whitewaterssoftwareinfo@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In a pinch, what I have done in the past is take a length of rather >> nice silicone air line (1/8" inner diameter, 3/8" outer) use it to >> sheath existing low voltage wires (short 10kV pulse). Perhaps I mearly >> got lucky, since most air line (that I know of) isn't rated for this >> application. However, I suspect due to its thickness that it would >> capable of more when used in over top of an existing high voltage >> rated wire. >> >> If you have no other alternative, I would look for something like that >> either on ebay or at your local hardware store. I have had good luck >> on the former. >> >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 7:32 PM, David VanHorn >> wrote: >> > I need suggestions for a small wiring job. I'm running 50kV from a >> > VanDeGraff generator to a resistor and a spark gap. I don't want to >> take >> > too much of a hit from corona losses, but I don't want to get too >> exotic. >> > The spark gap end needs to be removable, and I'll probably blue tape t= he >> > other end to the VDG sphere. >> > >> > I don't know what sort of commonly available wire might be suitable. >> Spark >> > plug wire? >> > 50 is a bit hot really for spark plug systems, the plug gap is much >> smaller >> > than that at least in cars. 50 will jump over an inch between small >> > spheres. >> > >> > The total length is less than three feet. >> > >> > >> > Ideas? >> > -- >> > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> > View/change your membership options at >> > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> >> >> -- >> Jason White >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .