Re: spacewinding techniques..RE: Designing BIG Secondary Coil

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi matt
            this is true so i think ill give it a miss
might be worth a go just for the sake of it though
cheers
colin

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Subject: Re: spacewinding techniques..RE: Designing BIG Secondary Coil


> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
>
> Greetings All
>
> > the other option is bailing twine its made from poly prop so would be
ideal
> > and could be left in place although i dont know about the appearance of
it
> > though
>
> It may give it a certain rustic charm ;-)
>
> Seriously though, my experience of baler twine has shown it to degrade
> in time in sunlight - mostly losing colour.  I don't know how much UV
> would be around running a coil, but maybe this is something to bear in
mind.
>
> Worst case scenario would be a polymer or a pigment used to colour it
> that became conductive with excessive UV exposure, although I'd consider
> this unlikely ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
> M
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