Re: Airtight Coil form

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Hi,welcome to coiling! I am not sure why it has to be air tight, mine are
all open on both ends. running hi power is a different and i know baffles
are used to keep flshover problems down, so also keeping ozone out of the
inside of the coil might be good. cul brian
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Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 12:28 AM
Subject: Airtight Coil form


> Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>
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> Hi all,
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> My name is Mark and I'm beginning to get started into coiling.  I've been
> reading lots from this list, and there is A LOT to read, and I've been
> reading at tons of TC websites.  I haven't been able to find an answer to
> the question of why does the coil form need to be airtight.  I thought it
> might be due to internal arcing, but that didn't make sense since arcs can
> still happen in a vacuum.  I figured this would be the best place to get
an
> answer from, since a majority of you are what I would consider experts.
> Thanks!
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