Re: Recent s.s.t.c. work

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Original poster: "Dmitry (father dest)" <dest@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Original poster: "K. C. Herrick" <kchdlh@xxxxxxx>

> Dmitry (& all)-

> But the LDPE does appear to shield the secondary from the
> stress, right?

in case of my coil - no - it`s just the secondary former, coz i can`t
find "shedule xxx" here :-)

>   I'd much rather have undesired sparks zapping around
> the primary than in the secondary where they could char the coil form!

i don`t think that _any_ zapping inside of the small-to-medium size
secondary can last any  significant amount of time, without causing
damage. maybe in Electrum's secondary it`s possible,  but not in our
puppies :-D
remember what Finn said recently:

"
snip

I inspected the primary coil, which was hevy PVC
insulated wire, and found burned insulation on
the top turn. Just a point where it is bent back
inside the primary to go back to the bridge.
On the sec. coil there was also a zoot mark.
_Running the coil at length in this condition_
caused the sec. to form a long zooty track on the
inside, the whole length of the winding, and the
output got progressively shorter in the process.

snap
"

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When we coilers refer to a glass capacitor 'blowing up' it is just a
figure of speech. There is no explosion,... well hardly ever, and most
of the time the house can  be rebuilt almost as good as new!
24-08-1996 (c) Robert W. Stephens