Re: PVC Pipe - Plastic Wrap Coating

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Original poster: Karl Lindheimer <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry,

Your plastic stretch wrap is a novel idea, but what about aesthetics?
Do you do presentations with the wrap on, or do you have a nice shiny 
poly-coated secondary ready for those.  Also, I noticed that you terminated 
the upper winding of your secondary with a bolt and then a larger gauge 
wire for attachment to the toroid.  Does this arrangement promote corona, 
or secondary breakout?  I have had coils (probably badly tuned or 
overpowered) where breakout has occurred just about where your bolt is.

Karl


On Mar 12, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I don't "paint" my coils anymore either ;-)  I do wind them "tight" so 
> minor temp/humidity variations do not cause the windings to go loose and 
> fall.  But for protection, I wrap them good with shipping stretch 
> wrap.  All office supply stores have it.  It is like Saran wrap but 
> heavier.  It protect the coil from physical damage very well and if it 
> arcs up or gets damaged, you can easily pull it off and replace it!!
> Here is my new little DRSSTC coil.