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Re: Coating




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Hi Gary,
         You write.....

> What is the best coating to put on a secondary coil wound on PVC pipe?
> 
> I have been using polyurethane.  Now that I have some oil filled rolled poly 
> capacitors my power is up and one arc from the primary to the secondary burns 
> the polyurethane coating off and melts the copper wires.
> 
> What is a good way to protect the secondary coil from damage?
> 
> I put a larger toroid on top of one secondary coil and it cause several arcs 
> up the side of the coil.  Now it has about 30 burned places in the wire. 
> 
> Gary Weaver

Reduce the coupling.

Malcolm

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