[chbot] pulling a hard vacuum around a set of wires

[Mark Atherton]

Hi Bevin,

I understand the idea, but doubt if this will work. Even a tiny leak can 
destroy a 5e-6 Torr vacuum.

Great evening last night.

-Mark

On 18/08/2020 8:18 AM, Bevin Brett wrote:
> I was thinking about this today.  I wonder if each "wire" is a long tube 
> containing many thin wires, and hence is acting like an air bottle, with 
> the air in the spaces between the thin wires.
> 
> If so, then the air would have to travel to the ends of the tube before 
> it can escape, and - when the pressures are very low - this random walk 
> may take a long time.
> 
> A possible solution would be to cut windows every cm or so in the 
> plastic tubing.
> 
> /Bevin