Re: Magnet Wire Insulation Question

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Adam,

In my opinion, I would go for the less expensive route. If a
strike bites into the secondary, it will pierce even the
heavier insulation. The trick here is to keep the sparks
from hitting the secondary.

Bart

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Yurtle Turtle by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> I have a question to all you big kVA coilers. I'm
> preparing to wind a new 10-3/4" secondary for a coil I
> will run in the 15 kVA range, and have been reading
> and researching wire insulation types. I've been
> quoted anywhere from $3/lb for heavy Nyleze to over
> $30/lb for triple ML for AWG 18. Is there any real
> world difference between triple ML and heavy Formvar,
> versus regular enamel, versus Nyleze, etc., etc.? I
> plan on spending quite a bit on this one, and was
> wondering if it was worth the extra expense to buy a
> fancier insulation, when I've blown right through my
> fancy 7,500 volt insulation on two smaller
> secondaries.
> 
> thanks
> Adam
> 
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