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RE: Whoah!

Thanks for the tips. Mineral/paraffin oil and waxes are used in capacitors all the time, where they can encounter much more electrical energy than the GelWax will here, so I'm not too worried about that, in fact I have PIO caps in my tube preamp getting way more voltage. Waxes are used all the time for electronics potting - the guitar guys like a 80/20 mix of paraffin and beeswax for potting pickups, and I was actually looking for paraffin wax when I stumbled upon the GelWax, which has a higher melting and ignition point than paraffin. As for converting that energy to heat - great! That's exactly what I want the resistor to do with the RF energy, so the more the better. The advantage I see with GelWax over paraffin/beeswax is its rubber-like consistency; it's very resilient and should make an excellent damping compound - next time you're in a crafts store check it out, it's pretty cool stuff.

All that said, I wouldn't use it in an AC line filter - too much energy there.

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