Structrual support, was: oil dielectric

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Xyme3-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 05/18/2002 10:15:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


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> > On a slightly different subject:
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> > If the inside pipe were stainless steel, covered with
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> > ceramic both inside and out, do you think it would present
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> > a problem with the action of the coil?
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>     I'd expect it to not work.
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> > (PS, non-magnetic stainless)
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>     The mag fields would excite eddy currents in the
>     stainless, (due to conductivity, rather than magnetic
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>     If secondary form, It would arc over, in addition.
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>     Unless I'm misunderstanding...
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>     best
>     dwp



No, and i think you are absolutely correct. I had not thought about losses in
the form of heating, i was merely thinking of structrual support. Would there
be a problem with ceramic coated PVC? 
Paul