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Secondary wiring broke
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Secondary wiring broke
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From: richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org (Richard Quick)
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 03:39:00 GMT
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Quoting alan.jones-at-kaboodle-dot-com (Alan Jones)
> I was winding a 6-5/8" o.d. form and the wiring snagged on the
> spool and broke. I had my hand on the form so luckily I didn't
> end up with a rat's nest of wire.... I soldered the wire back
> together, and hammered it some and filed it some and it
> actually looks fairly decent. After laying it back on the
> form it is hard to tell where it was pieced back together.
> Except for the shiny bare wire of course. My question is,
> should I finish winding out to the end with this repaired wire
> or just saw the form off a little above the break and end it
> here? I was thinking that the spark might want to break out at
> the repair since that will be the weak spot in the wiring.
Apply a dollup of epoxy to insulate the splice, and wind it up.
Once wound you can smooth a little sealer over the patch if it
leaks corona excessively.
Richard Quick
... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
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