RE: disaster (i think)?

["Duke, Ronn (CCI-San Diego CCC)" <Ron.Duke-at-cox-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Steve,
Next time you wind a secondary coil, put a strip or two of double stick
masking tape (adhesive on both sides) length wise on the tube. This will
keep your winds in place and prevent the wire from unraveling and moving
around when you let off tension.		FYI

Ronn 
Dukester-at-home-dot-com

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Subject:	Re: disaster (i think)?

Original poster: "Steve Rodway" <legion-at-bigfoot-dot-com> 

small gaps in the winding are harmless if the coil is varnished properly


		Steve

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
> 
> all,
> today i put a coat of insulating varnish on the 3000 turn coil, what i
> saw sickened me. i thought i was so careful to get the wire tight
> together but after the varnish at least a hundred? gaps showed up in the
> windings. not really the width of a wire but there there.
> there is no crossed wires but i'm not sure if the gaps will kill it or
> not? it goes about two inches real tight and then a gap, then maybe a
> half inch, another gap and so on.
> will covering it in urethane help, or can i expect it to burn?
> any help will be grateful,  sad marc.

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