RE: Secondary insulation; Racing sparks

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Original poster: "Calvin Patrick by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <linhacktux-at-wycol-dot-com>

What is one was to use acrylic on the outside, the clear tube would allow
sparks to be seen.  as for the mess factor, perhaps a drain cock could be
added to it at the bottom.  You could drain the oil, wipe it off real good,
and hose it with some brake parts cleaner, washes all manner of oil away

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> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
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> If there were secondary flashovers, there would be no way to know it short
> of removing the coil from the oil bath, and being so messy, one
> would never
> do this.  So a sealed coil that did arc internally would be
> indistinguishable from a poor performing coil.
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> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
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> Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
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> Hi,
> After reading the latest thread concerning methods to insulate secondary
> windings, I was wondering the feasibility of obtaining a piece of
>  PVC with
> an i.d. slightly larger than the o.d. of the secondary winding,
> slipping the
> coil in and filling the gap with mineral or transformer oil, after proper
> sealing measures have been taken.  Seems to me that this would eliminate
> insulating difficulties and protect the secondary from
> flashovers.  Thoughts
> would be appreciated.
>
> John Richardson
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> (Terry, sorry for sending this to the wrong address.)  > No problem ;-) <
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