From Gary Ritchie:

(ed: see photos of test setup under Recent Photos/Wire High voltage Testing of NTX web page)

Good morning;

    Last week I did pull test on four samples with great results. All
samples were pulled over 2in. without de-laminating the coating, except
for the 2 samples that were pulled apart. At the area near the brake
there is a small amount of de-lamination due to the wire necking down.
This was on Thursday 1/24/02.
    On Friday 1/25/02, Bill Strelo and myself did a wet voltage test
with even better results. Using a 2000 ml beaker filled with 2100 ml of
D.I. water, (filled fuller to get more wire in water) and the HiPotter
with external multimeter to read the lower voltage.
    With a bare copper wire (#8) for setup, we reached 6 volts @ .3
milliamps and 10 volts @ .5 milliamps. After this test we added 11.3 g
(10 ml) of Sodium Thiosulfate, Anhydrous, Granular to the water ( unable
to locate conductivity meter to have a known conductivity ), the re-test
result of 6 volts @ .8 milliamps.
    The next test sample was a fresh piece of wire from spool which went
to 6 volts @ .25 milliamps, and 7.5 @ 1.0 milliamps. Closer inspection
found small flaw in coating ( bulls eye ) which would be another test of
making a small puncture in the coating.
    The next samples were all stretched samples from Thursday:
    sample    #1:  @ 100 volts / .025 milliamp  &  @ 330 volts / .1
milliamp
                   #2:  @ 100 volts / .025 milliamp  &  @ 200 volts  /
.0375 milliamp
                   #3: ( stretched to breaking point ) @ 100 volts /
.025 milliamp  &  @ 200 volts / .0375 milliamp  &  @ 300 volts / .05
milliamp  & @ 900 volts / .1 milliamp
                   #4: ( stretched to breaking point ) @ 100 / .025
milliamps  & @ 200 volts / .0375 milliamp  & @ 300 volts / .05 milliamp
& @ 900 volts / .1 milliamp