Re: Terry Gap vs. TCBOR...

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Ed,

I'm thinking that the electrodes are suppose to stay cooled by forced air
cooling.  If this is achieved, why would you worry about the epoxy?  I use 5
minute epoxy but everything stays cool.  Maybe you are pushing the "power
limit" with static gaps and they get hot even with cooling??

Gerry R



< Ed wrote,  I think>

 >  > My real interest was whether epoxy cement could
 >  > stand the temperature.
 >
<snip>
 >
 >  > In the gaps I've made I mounted the pipes on either
 >  > ceramic insulators
 >  > or transite sheet, which could stand pretty high
 >  > temperatures but the
 >  > idea of gluing them in place (or using PVC pipe as
 >  > in some of the blown
 >  > types) is quite appealing.  Others have reported
 >  > good success but I've
 >  > always been too chicken to waste the time.