Re: Aluminum tape on toroids? What about the sticky side being nonconducting?

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Hi Jack...

the adhesive makes no difference...   whats a 10thousandsth of an inch 
going to matter compared to 36" of streamer...   besides, if it did act as 
an insulator and added extra capacitance, you might have to change your 
tune point on the primary by about 1/10 of a turn...


Scot D




Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: Phlunktfysics101-at-aol-dot-com
>I see lots of people using aluminum tape on their toroids.  My toroid is 
>made from aluminum duct riveted to a water heater pan, and I'd love to 
>smooth it out with aluminum tape.  But this tape has an adhesive backing, 
>making it nonconductive on the backside.  With no electrical conduction 
>between the aluminum side of the tape and the aluminum duct, what effect 
>will this have on performance?  And couldn't the adhesive act like a 
>dielectric and add more capacitance between the two aluminum surfaces 
>(tape and duct)?  It must not really matter, but I figure I had better ask 
>the pros before wasting money on AL tape.
>
>Thanks!
>Jack
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