Re: HV Wire - electrical tape?

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Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>

Hello Daniel

I discovered why I still got HV potential when I reversed the phasing on the
primary side. One of the clips did not make a good connection with one of
the primary leads. Only one primary coil was energized.

Godfrey Loudner

 > Also I performed a test with low volts into the primaries (no oil). With
the
 > inner leads of the HV coils isolated from the core and connected in
series,
 > I connected the primaries in parallel. A hot arc (like a NST) jumped a one
 > inch needle gap between the outer leads of the HV coils. I figured that
the
 > phasing was hit just right on the first attempt, so I marked the primary
 > leads. Just to be sure, I reversed the phasing. I expected to see little
 > potential between the outer leads of the HV coils, but now a weak purple
arc
 > jumped the same gap. I'm so sure that the primaries and HV coils are for
the
 > most part identical. Maybe there is something about phasing on square core
 > that I don't know about. Thanks for your offer of good wire, but I don't
 > feel like breaking the whole transformer down to wind new primaries.
 >
 > Godfrey Loudner