Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25039 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 17:36:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.servers.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 17:36:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 23106 invoked from network); 23 Jan 2001 17:30:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 23 Jan 2001 17:30:26 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L7A3-0001gA-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:23:15 +0000 Received: from tomts7.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.40] helo=tomts7-srv.bellnexxia.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 14L79j-0001g1-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 17:22:56 +0000 Received: from server1 ([209.226.189.158]) by tomts7-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20010123172208.GJO6682.tomts7-srv.bellnexxia.net@server1> for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:22:08 -0500 Message-ID: <001a01c08560$e5b78c60$0a00a8c0@ThreeLakes.ca> From: "Larry Kayser" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <3A6DB720.947.1A2170D@localhost> Subject: Re: LF: Pyrotechnic insulators Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:21:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Greetings: >I have replaced them with 100mm lengths of 5mm thick > perspex (that's Plexiglass for those divided by our common > language) cut from a large piece that I picked up at the Puckeridge > LF site. When things started burning up here, two of the things I tried were plexiglass and also a plastic insulator I cut from 3 cm orange natural gas pipeline plastic. Both burned through within a minute or two. I had to got actual ceramic insulator before the fun and games stopped. Larry VA3LK