RE: pvc pipe thickness.

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

For my first coil, I placed the pvc in a cardboard box
with two lightbulbs inside. I used a variac to control
the temp. That way, you can leave it all night. I did
it inside, where the humidity was lower than the
garage.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:57 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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?
>   >
>
>
>


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