RE: Secondary coil form material

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

PVC has a high dissipation factor when used as a capacitor dielectric
(as compared with polyethylene or polypropylene), but this is
unimportant when used as a coil form.  PVC is commonly available in many
useful sizes, is cheap, sturdy, and easy to work with.

Gary Lau
MA, USA


Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>

What are some of the better commonly used coil for materials.
PVC is what I would like to use simply for availability.
But from what I have read PVC has a high dissipation factor.

Has any one designed a system with PVC and the changed no other aspects
of
it but to wind an identical secondary on say Polyethylene or some other
material?

If so what were the results?

How much would my arc out put suffer if I used PVC?

Luke Galyan
Bluu-at-cox-dot-net