Re: Wood mounts

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi Kent,

I think if you lived in part of the world were climate is dry for
most of the years and you used protective coating on the wood you
can avoid carbon tracking, but for me ( I lived in north est of
canada) wood is nearly unusable for medium to high voltage project.

Cheers,

Luc Benard 

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Kent Vander Velden by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <graphix-at-iastate.edu>
> 
>   A lot of the pictures that I have seen of Tesla coils have
> connectors, wires, bolts, etc. mounted on wood.  Am I the only
> person that has had trouble with a carbon track forming inside
> the wood sorting things out?  Do most people use a protective
> sleeve of some kind?
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
> ---
> Kent Vander Velden
> kent-at-iastate.edu