Re: Pri/Sec Insulation for maggy

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Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 1/14/04 10:05:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>I posted this question over the weekend, but I never saw it on the
>list, so I'm asking again.  I've wound the helical primary for my
>magnifier on an 11 inch diameter chunk of plastic water main that
>I managed to scrounge.  The wall thickness is 5/8 inch, and what
>I'm wondering about is whether that will be sufficient?  A 9 inch
>chunk will be the form for the secondary, giving me the tight K
>that a magy requires when it's nested inside the primary.


the thickness should be sufficient, but you may get corona
streaming between the layers depending on the k (if it's too tight).

John