On 10/9/11 6:46 PM, David Petzer wrote:
Hi all,
I have recently wound a few small resonators, to make a few SSTC's.
They are wound on normal PVC and also on glass.
I am contemplating spraying them with Two Pack Clear the type you
would use on a car or truck as a final coat. My motivation is really
cost, accessibility and strength of the paint.
Does anyone know if the thinners present in the paint will dissolve
or degrade the insulating coating on the copper wire?
Maybe? if it's a two part paint, does it even have "thinner" in the
conventional sense (like lacquer or oil-based enamel). Can you get a
small amount to try as a sample?
Depends also on the wire. While everyone talks about it as Enamel
Magnet wire, it's not really enamel, it's some plastic or another.
Does anyone know if the two pack paint it's self is a poor high
voltage insulator?
It doesn't really matter all that much. The turn to turn voltage on
the secondary is only a few hundred to maybe 1000V, and almost any
film will stand off that kind of voltage.
Any ideas on how to test it?
So far I have used an old 1000V mega tester in a pot of the liquid to
measure the resistance between a couple of electrodes. It always
reads above 200Mohm regardless of the distance between the
electrodes.
Thanks for any help.
David
_______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
_______________________________________________
Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla