Re: fibreglass secondary or sealed pvc

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Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>

Hi All,

   I have a 10x46" fiberglass form that Marc M. sent me.  Looks to be an 
old water softner bottle.  The bung in the bottom was just the right size 
for a 2.5" PVC coupler to be hammered in, and a female drain-plug adapter 
cemented in place.  The coil is would with 20ga wire, and coated with Behr 
Build 50.  It's given me numerous runs without any flashovers, or failures 
of any sort.  Sparklength is about what I'd expect from a coil of that size 
running at the various power levels, and it's never been overly warm to the 
touch even after extended runs.  It's light, easy to mount to the primary 
deck, and looks cool :)   Spun fiberglass water softner bottles 
rock.  Thanks Marc!

Shad

At 09:54 AM 10/31/02, you wrote:
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>In a message dated 10/31/02 1:06:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
>
>>Would this be better than PVC or am I worrying about nothing.  I have
>>read about a lot of coils using PVC so it can't be that bad.
>
>
>Justin,
>
>MOst likely, you won't be able to see any difference in performance
>between PVC and fiberglas, as far as spark length is concerned.
>
>John

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