Re: Filter Torroids Question

To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
Subject: Re: Filter Torroids Question
From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (Jim Fosse)
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 05:11:27 GMT
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tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com On Wed, 6 Mar 1996 20:00:52 +0700, you wrote:

>>From haba-at-snakemail.hut.fi Wed Mar  6 13:12 MST 1996


>Plastic-coated means it will take some amount of voltage. The question
>might be how much plastic there is? Usually most fettire toroids have
>only very thin plastic films not enough for the voltages we are
>playing with.
>
>> several layers of electrical tape.  But you are correct, ferrite is a
>
>That's good practice.
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When I wound my first core (bare ferrite) with no tape it arc from the
first turn to the core to the last turn. With a 2layer covering of
electrical tape I've had no arcing. I'm up to 15Kv at 60ma and 1meter
arcs from my discharge terminal.

	jim