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Re: new coil
At 10:36 PM 1/18/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> Subject: Re: new coil
>> >Subject: new coil
>
>Subscriber: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com Sat Jan 18 22:28:03 1997
>Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 13:36:02 -0600
>From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: new coil
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>>
>> Subscriber: knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net Fri Jan 17 22:39:03 1997
>> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 11:19:43 -0600
>> From: Kevin <knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net>
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Subject: Re: new coil
>>
>> At 10:58 PM 1/16/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> >Subscriber: major-at-vicksburg-dot-com Thu Jan 16 22:57:39 1997
>> >Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:45:08 -0600
>> >From: RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
>> >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> >Subject: new coil
>> >
>> >Well I've found at least part of the problem. It seems the ball
>> >discharge terminal was too large, so to correct the problem I took a
>> >plastic fishing cork and covered it in aluminum foil. Tapped in at the
>> >13th turn I got 12inch sparks! But I'm still having sparks break out on
>> >the wire leadig up to the terminal.
>>
>> I used Plasti Dip to coat the wire.
>>
>> Maybe substituting a terminal
>> >somewhere in between the two sizes is the answer?
>>
>> nope.
>>
>> I also decreased the
>> >distance between the terminal and the top of the coil hoping that that
>> >would help. No joy. Will also try increase in conductor on ground
>> >connection to reduce skin effect.
>> >
>> >
>> > Frankensteins Helper
>> > Max
>> >
>> >
>> Max,
>>
>> What did you treat your secondary with? You should coat it with many layers
>> of varathane or better is that two part epoxy paint, Chip swears by this
>> stuff so you should ask him about where you can get it. Personally I do not
>> use that but I have many coats of varnish on my secondary and the few top
>> turns including the air wound part is coated with Plasti Dip. The Plasti Dip
>> does away with corona leaking out the coil. Also read the post about primary
>> coils, that will help you with the coupling. Anything further from me would
>> be speculation, I now leave it in the hands of the experts.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kevin Nardelle
>>
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>
>
> I'm only getting unwanted discharges from the airwound wire leading
>to the discharge terminal not from the coil itself. But will try your
>sugestion on coating the wire. I used two part epoxy to coat the
>secondary which is made of polystyrene wound with 24# magnet wire 4" dia
>x 18" long. I should have a resonant freq somewhere around ~490Khz.
>
>
Might wanna wait, read my post, I blew out the side of my coil also, I laugh
because I was just talking up this plasti dip and pow, right out the side.
Regards,
Kevin Nardelle
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My main web page IS UP all TESLA
related with lotsa pictures and links.
http://www.icorp-dot-net/users/kev/tesla
http://www.accesscom-dot-net/nardell
Non related sites I have
The Louisiana Swamps Online (Under construction)
http://www.icorp-dot-net/users/kev
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