FW: Damage to the Secondary

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Subject: FW: Damage to the Secondary
From: Hamly Richard D CONT NSSC <HAMLYRD-at-NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:50:26 -0700
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Ryan-

I know the feeling.   When I moved, my 12"x60" secondary fell out of the
back of the wagon and went down the highway end over end.   I almost had a
heart attack.   It got a dozen turns scraped off one end.   I have not yet
run it again to see if it will be a problem.   I have recoated it with
varnish.

Dick Hamly

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Subject:	Damage to the Secondary

Original Poster: "Spud" <spud-at-wf-dot-net <mailto:spud-at-wf-dot-net> > 
I wound a 4"x22" secondary the other day with 26 gauge wire, and started
coating it with polyurenane.  At some time during this long process, the
form fell over and screwed up a big chunk of wire.  (It landed on a sharp
car-jack edge.)  None of the wire was severed or anything, but it was pushed
up and squished. About a half an inch of wire was ruined about in the middle
of the secondary.  Now after I threw a fit, I went and wound another one.
Since I have access to a mechanical lathe that totally automates the
process, I can wind an entire 4x22" coil in under 10 minutes.
	:)  (That oughtta' get some envy from fellow coilers who have to do
it with
a crank jig or even by hand. :)   So anyway,  my question was,  just out of
curiosity, what would happen exactly if I purposely used the damaged coil in
my Tesla coil system?
	--Ryan