Re: polyester resin

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: polyester resin
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 06:27:45 -0800
Subscriber: bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com Tue Feb 4 22:09:32 1997

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subscriber: mhammer-at-misslink-dot-net Mon Feb  3 21:47:47 1997
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 17:11:16 -0600
> From: Mike Hammer <mhammer-at-misslink-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: polyester resin
> 
> All,
> 
> I've been rebuilding a 12kv/60ma neon and using polyester
> resin to coat and insulate the secondaries.
> It makes a nice hard layer and should insulate well.
> 
> Has anyone used polyester resin to coat a secondary?
> I'm sure its probably not as good as epoxy from a RF dissipation
> standpoint but is it any worse than polyurethane varnish?
> 
> A local discount house house tons of this stuff cheap
> and if it would work OK on a secondary I would like
> to try it.
> 
> Mike Hammer
> mhammer-at-misslink-dot-net

Mike,

Fortunately, its better than the PVC that most coilers use as a
coilform. It should work just fine!

-- Bert --