Re: polyester resin

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• Subject: Re: polyester resin
• From: Stan <sgd1-at-acpub.duke.edu>
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 01:35:38 -0500
• Subscriber: sgd1-at-acpub.duke.edu Wed Feb 5 22:30:31 1997

Tesla List wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I used two coats of polyester resin to overcoat the #12 AWG THHN wire
> employed on the secondary of my large system,  dubbed LTC.  It is
brittle
> and cracks easily, and did not *stick* to the clear plastic sheath
> overcoating this type of wire (is this nylon?), but it sure adheres
> well to the eight equally spaced 1.5 inch ABS pipes I used to make the
open
> form.  This coil performed very well in the only test yet conducted
about two
> years ago yielding an 18 foot strike on 10-11 kVa input.  It appears
that
> the use of this resin probably isn't hurting the performance.  I am
> eager to try some Behr Super Build 50 on a coil sometime, but I think
> it would also be brittle.  A two part coating that is more flexible
> would be nice to find to coat and hold together large open frame
> secondaries.  Anyone out there have any suggestions?
>
> rwstephens

RW,
    Would you mind sharing the rest of your large coil's specs? ie.
secondary and primary width,  primary spacing, etc.?

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