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Re: Tesla Coil - Internal Arcing on Secondary



Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>


It can also happen if you handle the coilform or coil with your bare hands especially if you are a "sweaty palms" type of person. The sodium chloride in your skin oils is an excellent conductor. After we wind a coil, especially a magnet wire type coil, we always use gloves to handle it. At 200-300 kV or more skin oil will track all over the coil --- not always but usually when you don't want this kind of problem.



Dr. Resonance

> The secondary wire itself should not be
> arcing to the form.  There is no reason for this to happen.

If you get grease on the form, it will happen.