Timeline for How can a person Insulate copper wire in a medieval world?
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| Nov 15, 2019 at 16:08 | comment | added | thanby | @Mindwin On that note, any kind of paper or cloth will work. Vellum, for example. Just something not electrically conductive, which means you could even use dirt if you packed and dried it well enough (I don't recommend dirt). Cloth is probably your best bet. | |
| Nov 14, 2019 at 13:20 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | Wax is not a problem. Beeswax candles were the best available artificial light source. In use, the inner layers may get warm enough to melt beeswax, about 65C, but they will be stabilized and protected from moisture by the outer layers. The traveler might have to learn drop spindle spinning and get some unspun flax to get thread of the same thickness as the wire. | |
| Nov 14, 2019 at 11:59 | comment | added | Mindwin Remember Monica | Hey, Andy, great answer and very practical. Except paper in 1019 is not a thing. I'll try using rabbit parchment and come back to you. Literally if it works. | |
| Nov 14, 2019 at 11:08 | comment | added | AndyW | Any insulating material would do. The main reason for waxing is to stop the material from absorbing moisture from the air and start to conduct so anything that insulates and can be waxed or oiled would work. | |
| Nov 14, 2019 at 3:41 | comment | added | Patricia Shanahan | Would waxed parchment or cloth work instead of waxed paper for separating the layers? Our traveler landed in a backward area, rather than China where paper would have been available. | |
| Nov 13, 2019 at 10:38 | history | answered | AndyW | CC BY-SA 4.0 |