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Re: broken secondary

Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:

Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
When winding the secondary, what do you do in the event that your secondary
breaks?
do you solder it then glyptol or varnish or enamel the solder point real
well and just keep going? What if you cover the solder point with clay? Or
do you stick the wires inside the PVC through holes then solder them inside?
Or musat I start over, because I don't got much time?

This is not a critical problem at all. If the wire is thick enough, file
the ends at an angle and solder the ends carefully. Don't remove the
insulation, to keep the solder just at the joint. If the wire is too
thin, remove about 3 mm of insulation at the ends, and solder with
a small overlap, avoiding exposed points. Leave the overlap with the
wires one above the other, to avoid a gap in the winding. With several coats of varnish over the finished coil, there is no leakage. I have made secondary coils with wire salvaged from relay coils, with several joints, in this way.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz