RE: Odd coil behavior

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Original poster: "Dwight Harm" <dwighth-at-traxsoft-dot-com> 

I don't understand (but I'm new at this).  I thought the coating/wrapping
was to insulate the windings from OUTSIDE elements, e.g., arcing from the
toroid.  The plastic wrap should do this as well as a painted-on coating.
Moisture in the air won't go through or get under the stretch wrap.

I don't see how any coating will help inter-turn insulation if the winding
is tight to begin with.

Terry Fritz recommended the stretch wrap, and it sure was simple to put on;
haven't had any arcing or racing sparks so far (knock on wood!).

Dwight.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:29 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Odd coil behavior
 >
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
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 >
 > Someone on the list recently mentioned some type of plastic insulation
that
 > could be easily pealed off later for re-coating.  This is terrible.  It
 > means that to an electron there is a space as large as the grand canyon
 > between the wires enamel insulation and the polymer coating he used.  The
 > overall effect is that the coating he used wasn't contributing anything of
 > value with regard to insulating the magnet wire.  In fact, it might only
 > contribute to capturing atmospheric moisture.
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