The bottom line is that if the very low currents of the static discharges
could damage the conductive paint surface to this extent, then the much
more powerful discharges of a T. coil would almost certainly quickly
desintergrate the same. I'm sure there are condcutive paints that would
stand up better to this abuse, but for a price $$$.
David
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Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:12 AM
Subject: RE: Big Toroids, collective conscious brain storm
Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>
Years ago, I built a drier duct toroid, and covered it
with drywall mud. I got it real smooth, then painted
it with a metallic paint. I don't remmeber which kind
of paint I used, but it ended up looking more like a
crackle tube than a tesla coil. The arcs never really
left the toroid, but rather ate away the paint, much
the way a CD on a tesla coil does. It was really cool,
but may not be what you're after. Has anyone tried
using metallic paint on a topload?
Adam
--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Terry,
>
> You did quite a lot of electrostatic modeling. How
> important is the actual
> complete toroid considering the inside is a flat
> plane generally?
>
> I just got of the phone with a boat fiberglass
> repair expert. Suppose we
> were to make a large alum duct toriod as usual on a
> large flat surface, and
> wrap it in fiberglass or yet to be discussed fabric.
> They have epoxy spray
> guns and could gel coat them for real smoothness and
> keep it thin enough to
> be unnecessarily too heavy.
>
> I liked the idea of nickel paint they use on cheaper
> plastic PC covers for
> RF shielding. Hey it Passes class B or C FCC, should
> work great. Anybody got
> a cover or some of this paint to use as a target for
> testing?
>
> Jim Mora
>