Re: Primary Isolation

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Unless your primary supports are conductive, then it really doesn't matter.
The reason a lot of use elaborate primary stand-offs is for "looks" only.
Of course, particle board may start to become conductive if it absorbs water
through the air etc..., but I think it would work fine as long as its
sealed.

The Captain


 > I have used six 1/2" painted particle board standoffs to hold up the
 > primary instead of plexiglass etc. Could I achieve better performance of
my
 > coil by changing the particle board to say ABS pipe?
 > I have seen pictures of very elaborate primary standoffs and I am
wondering
 > if this is for HV isolation reasons or RF loss.
 >
 > Peter
 > Northern Ontario, Canada
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