Re: Structrual support, was: oil dielectric

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Xyme3-at-aol-dot-com>
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> In a message dated 05/22/2002 11:58:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> >     I've lost a lot of context.  If just for a secondary,
> >     or primary:
> >
> >         Why ceramic Coated?
> >
> >     PVC or HDPE is quite strong?
> >
> >     Other comments?
> >     best
> >     dwp
> >
> >
> 
> Ceramic is heat resistant, non conductive and structurally strong.
> My question is: Can ceramic can be used?
> Paul

Paul,

Absolutely! And a glazed surface would be preferable to reduce
absorption of potentially conductive material. Ceramic has been used for
high power RF coil forms for almost 100 years. The downside to using
ceramic is that it's significantly heavier and more brittle than PVC. 

Best regards,

-- Bert --
-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
Coins Shrunk Electromagnetically!
http://www.teslamania-dot-com