Re: [TCML] Poly thickness

["DC Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, in high humidity conditions, molecular level moisture adhesion is a
problem.

Also, sodium salts are deposited on the sec if it is handled with bare hands
--- always use gloves!!

I always use double build wire as the corona tracking resistance is much
higher than single build enamel insulation.

Not any single thing can break the camels back, but an accumulation of
problems usually is the final straw that causes breakdown.

Dr. Resonance

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:25 AM, <Sfxneon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/1/2008 10:10:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << with a 'tight' wound coil,..is a coating really helping  much?  The
> windings are touching... >>
>
> Granted, the best reason to coat a coil is to hold the windings in place
>  and
> to make it more durable. I've experienced turn to turn arcing in a  coil
> that
> has not been coated, but the wire had less than  perfect insulation to
> start
> with.
>
> This may be just speculation, but I believe it helps in the  long run to
> exclude all air from between the turns. It probably doesn't matter  much on
> smaller power coils, but I would think that it would give a slight  edge to
> larger
> coils that are pushed to their absolute maximum. The air  around the top of
> the
> coil can become ionized and more conductive, and can  exploit even the
> smallest imperfections in the enamel insulation. Even a tight  wound coil
> will have
> air molecules between the windings which may become  partially conductive
> when
> ionized.
>
> Tony Greer
>
>
>
>
>
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