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Re: adhesive for SG help



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Stan <sdarling-at-columbus.rr-dot-com>
> 
> Hello everyone,
> Snip

  When I picked up the gap
> assembly afterwards to check for arcing/melting several of the tubing
> pieces just fell right off.
> 
>

snip again



Hi Stan ...


a common practice used in glueing metal parts to other nonporous
surfaces is to drill a few small holes in the pipe and allow the glue to
push up into and over the holes ( like mushrooms)  slightly filling the
tubes a bit    be sure to rough up the inside of the PVC  with some 80
grit paper to increase adherance strength on the plastic side     a 15
min epoxy works well   and if you are really good at keeping epoxies
from running    try JB Weld   ( be cautioned tho  it contains metallic
parts that WILL conduct) 


also it sounds like you may need to cool your assy a bit with a muffin
fan ( the fans used to cool computer power supplies) 


Scot D