Re: General Questions

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

My point - araldite is not a very good resin to use! I use PU varnish and it
works well!
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Subject: Re: General Questions


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