RE: What to look for...

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

I pulled a lot of heavy copper wire from a big transformer. As I pulled the
wire, large sections of the enamel came loose. I thought---no problem, I'll
use 1201 red enamel insulating paint to coat the wire. I wound a 240/240
isolation transformer with very heavy HV insulation between the primary and
secondary. The transformer failed almost immediately due to a turn to turn
short. I'm not saying its impossible to insulate bare copper wire, but it
seems to be difficult. I would only use bare copper wire on a tesla
secondary by space winding the wire. Space winding is difficult without the
use of a machine to guild the wire. 

Godfrey Loudner




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> Sent:	Wednesday, July 11, 2001 7:29 PM
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> Subject:	What to look for... 
> 
> Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Hey all, 
>   I'm going to a HUGE flea market in Ohio this firday
> (called Rodgers) to look for some HV caps.. any suggestions
> on what to look for? (They've got everything at this
> place.. ) 
> 
> 
> Also... I just got 10,000 feet of 24 GA bare copper wire
> for really cheap.. will this work for a TC even though it
> isn't enameled? I figured it would be ok when I varnished
> the coil... 
> 
> Thanks for the help..
> 
> Ben McMillen
> icq # 9624792
> 
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