On Mar 21, 1:54*pm, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Well, considering that their purpose in life is to make an... uh...
Carbon Arc... Yeah, I'd guess you could.

I don't know what effect the cladding has, but it's easily removed.


Lloyd

The cladding is copper. it burns off at the arc end and serves to
reduce the resistance so the power is in the arc, not in conducting
thru the rod.

Dan