Re: pvc pipe thickness.

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jim, John,

I've also heard of (and tried) placing the PVC pipe form
in the sun for several hours to chase out the occult moist-
ure from the PVC. Of course, the implementation of this
method would be dependant upon outdoor weather con-
ditions and would obviously work best on a warm to hot,
dry and sunny day, but is definitely a viable alternative to
rotating under a heat lamp and certainly to trying to place a large
diametered PVC pipe section into a conventional home, range-type oven ;^)

David

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Subject: RE: pvc pipe thickness.


> Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> John,
>
> Some dry the pipe while rotating it under heat lamps - the down side of
PVC
> is that it is hydrosopic (absorbs water) it would seem to follow the
thicker
> the pipe wall the more moisture path will be present. If it will fit in
the
> oven set it on very low heat and let it dry out for awhile. Than coat the
> inside and the outside with a couple of coats (preferably on a "dry" day).
> This seals the water out. Wind the coil and coat it with three more layers
> of poly. This protects the coil from physical damage as well as raising
the
> HV standoff. This seems like the standard. Richard Hull said he never
coated
> his coils I believe.
>
> I personally use thin wall which is widely available in So Ca.
>
> Regards,
> Jim Mora
>
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> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: pvc pipe thickness.
>
> Original poster: John <guipenguin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Should the PVC pipe be coted with poly before AND on top of the coil?
> or just after?
>
> On 10/5/06, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <<mailto:Gary.Lau@xxxxxx> Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
>
> The only down side to what you have is that it will be heavier than a
> thinner pipe.  But functionally speaking, this shouldn't matter.
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
>
>
>   > Original poster: John <
> <mailto:guipenguin@xxxxxxxxx>guipenguin@xxxxxxxxx>
>   >
>   > I need a 4" diameter pvc pipe for my current coil spec.
>   >
>   > I got a cut off which has a thickness of about 1/4 an inch. Is this
> too thick?
>   >
>
>