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Re: Secondary additions and corona breakout
Subject: Re: Secondary additions and corona breakout
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 00:17:35 +0500
From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
On Wed, 14 May 1997 11:06:13 -0400 (EDT) John Freau
<FutureT-at-aol-dot-com> wrote;
> Alfred,
>
> I regularly patch burned secondaries by soldering, and I also add
> extra top sections if needed. I have not had any problems with
> corona breakout even with bumpy solder joints.
Interesting! quite a few years ago I tried winding a secondary made
of numerous short lengths of enameled wire. I soldered each joint and
coated it with gliptol if I remeber correctly, any way I do
distinctly remeber that when I powered up that coil I had corona
break out at each and every solder joint. Granted I didn't saturate
the windings in polyureathane as I do now but still I remeber having
a dickens of a time trying to stop the coronal breakout, untill I
finally scratched the whole idea and ever since I have only been
using continous lengths of wire for my secondaries. Perhaps I should
try it again and this time give the final coil several coats of
polyureathane.
Sincerely
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