Re: Water absorbtion of Gray PVC

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

"In the end, it boils down to just how far you want to push the coil
voltage-wise. A short coil pushed to several hundred kV is naturally
going to need all the help it can get to maintain its integrity. You
can eliminate all the baggage by building a much larger coil so it
doesn't get tested in this fashion. You will likely also get better
results with ease as you boost its inductance, wiresize and
capacitance and lower its frequency. That is the approach I took with
that coil and it worked well. For the record, the secondary is 10"
diameter, about 4' high, has a loathed helical primary and produces
strong hot 5' discharges with just a kW or so of input.

Malcolm"

	Please give more details on your loathed primary!  Do you hate it that
much?  How much power is "just a kW or so"?
Ed