RE: [TCML] Consequences of (Hand) Winding without Tension

[david baehr <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All my  sec  have been wound by hand , by myself  with a few imperfections and worked well . Yours looks great and should work fine. 
 
       Where is a good source  for that   AC-43 ?     ,daveB
 
> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:40:37 -0700
> From: brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] Consequences of (Hand) Winding without Tension
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Just finished winding my latest secondary. Me being too impatient to wait
> for a second pair of hands to operate the winder, I decided to wind my 6"
> coil with 22AWG by hand. The wire wound around the form with some placebo
> sized bends/dents throughout. Since I couldn't apply very much tension on
> the wire while winding by hand, those bends stayed.
> That left me with this:
> 
> http://imgur.com/2BVJgrY.jpg
> http://imgur.com/ppChbhP.jpg
> 
> I don't think they'll be a cosmetic issue, but I am worried about being at
> higher risk of racing arcs. (I'll be giving it a generous coat of Dolph's
> AC-43, so that should help suppress any arcs from forming on the
> secondary.) I'd be surprised if it did, but that much shouldn't impact
> performance at all, would it?
> 
> Thanks as always for the support,
> Brandon H.
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