Re: New 4" coil: R.Hull and CSN, Secondary Varnish

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Actually, given the power levels in a typical TC (hundreds, if not
thousands, of watts, compared to milliwatts in an electrostatic generator),
a bit of conductivity is probably good.. It helps make the field nice and
uniform.
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Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: New 4" coil: R.Hull and CSN, Secondary Varnish


> Original poster: "Mark Fergerson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mfergerson1-at-cox-dot-net>
>> > Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz
> > > Original poster: "Jeff W. Parisse by way of Terry Fritz
> > All the epoxy resins that I have seen are poor insulators. Maybe
> > good enough for Tesla coil insulation, and even advantageous for
> > safely draining static charges. Epoxy doesn't retain static
> > charges for long (seconds) periods. It can't even be electrized by
> > friction. A big no-no for electrostatics.
>
>   So off-the-shelf epoxy would make a
> poor electret? (reminiscing the
> "mysterious shocks" thread here)