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From: James Hagen <jameshagen@charter.net>
To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:59:20 -0700
Subject: Re: VECTOR: Re[2]: VECTOR: Re[2]: VECTOR: Re[2]: VECTOR: Amplifonerebuild kit
>
> > > As someone who has had two unfortunate incidences with Arctic Silver, I
> > > can confirm that it is conductive.
> > >
> >
> > it's not conductive, but it has a very low breakdown voltage - well under 100v.
>
> So based on that, I would assume it's not initially conductive but becomes conductive after hitting a voltage... After all, in the case of a standard HOT, no short would occur if you remove the artic silver and use just a mica insulator... but you end up with a short adding in the A. Silver..
>
in theory, if the silver didnt leach around the screw-hole or edge of the mica it wouldnt be a problem.
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