Re: Water absorbtion of Gray PVC - sono tube idea

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Original poster: "RIAA/MPAA's Worst Nightmare" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

An air core would work, problem is it would definitely have to be longer
than output sparks to keep from having breakdowns. A giant coil with
relatively smaller sparks is less impressive to most than a smaller coil
with bigger sparks.

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Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Water absorbtion of Gray PVC - sono tube idea


 > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi Paul,
 >
 > You don't want to use carbon fiber since it is sort of conductive at
 > 500,000 volts ;-))
 >
 > But Greg Leyh used a giant sonotube form for the Electrum in which he
 > coated the tube with fiberglass and then power washed the cardboard away
 > just leaving the fiberglass tube.
 >
 > http://www.lod-dot-org/electrum.html
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > At 02:33 PM 12/9/2003, you wrote:
 > >Watching discovery the other week ( think it was discovery) they had the
 > >rocket challenge, where the showed how they built the rockets but
wrapping
 > >carbon fiber around a sono tube then curing the carbon fiber, and soaking
 > >the whole thing in water to remove the cardboard.
 > >
 > >Now at first i though cool a carbon fiber secondary form! but then i
though
 > >carbon humm . . .
 > >
 > >At any rate why not wrap the mag wire around a sono tube heavily coat as
 > >most do with lacquer or enamel, then remove the card board and wa la AN
AIR
 > >CORE.
 > >
 > >Just my ramblings
 > >Paul
 > >
 > >----- Original Message -----
msnip....