You might like to run heavy gauge wire to the bucket and the thinner resistance wire entirely in the water. The insulated wire may melt outside the water.
John Lindsay > On 24 Dec 2016, at 5:20 pm, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > With this type of load, remember that the rod or pipe is electrically live. > And so is the water that touches it! > > I like using a coil of insulated copper wire, dunked in a bucket of water. > The wire can be considerably undersized for the current listed in a wire > table -- we *want* it to have excessive voltage drop and run hot. > the water keeps the insulation from melting. > > -- > Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James > -- > Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
