Re: Secondary and Capacitor

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

As long as you don't sand the insulation off the magnet wire itself, you 
can safely sand the bumps off the painted on coating. But there's no need 
to except for cosmetics.

As far as everything you need to know about SW caps, this will cover it.

http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap/



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>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Secondary and Capacitor
>Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 12:22:31 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Centauri by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><centauri010-at-attbi-dot-com>
>
>Hey everyone,
>I finished winding my secondary two days ago and I've been coating it with
>gloss finish oil based  polyurethane since then. Does it matter if there 
>are a few small bumps in the finish? I am hesitant to sand it for fear of 
>damaging the coil. Also, how precise does the capacitance of the tank 
>circuit need to be? Ideally I'd like to use MMC caps but due to money 
>constraints, for the time being I think I'm going to go with a saltwater 
>bottle cap. But I'm not sure how to make a cap like this with the precise 
>capacitance I need. Also, I have no way of measuring capacitance. Advice 
>would be much appreciated on this.
>
>Thanks,
>Alan