Re: Airtight Coil form

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>

The coil form has to be airtight?  That's news to me! :) 
Henry 

In a message dated 14/03/01 05:58:51 GMT Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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>
> Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" < 
> Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com> 
>
> Hi all, 
>
> 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!