Re: General Questions

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "ebyng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<ebyng-at-netlimit-dot-com>
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> If most epoxies conduct electricity quite well, than what are you using to
> hold the primary windings supports to the base??

This "quite well", as I could verify, is that Araldite is a bad
insulator,
almost useless for electrostatics. Just a bit better than dry wood.
For Tesla coils, the presence of some glued parts close to the coils
is not a great problem. A coating of the secondary with this material
may be a bad idea, however.
By the way, Nylon is a similarly bad insulator, maybe worse. After
some bad experiences (have you seen what should be an insulator drawing 
sparks?) I don't use it in anything involving high voltages.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz