Re: secondary question...

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


Hi, So, an internal baffle is basically an internal creepage disk 
?  Why arn't more people using creepage disks on the outside of 
the're secondary? ........I havnt used either yet, but my coils arnt 
that 'high performance',..usualy between 2.5 - 3 X the winding 
lenght.....spark............


From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re: secondary question...
Date:  Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:11:31 -0600
>Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>It's not the dia. of the coil that determines whether or not a
>baffle is necessary.  It's the spark length as compared to the
>length of the coil. Anytime a spark length approaches or exceeds
>coil length a baffle should be employed.  It's easy and time
>efficient as compared to hours of sanding, resealing, and perhaps
>rewinding a secondary that has flashed over internally.
>
>Dr. Resonance