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Re: [TCML] Secondary Troubles



Still here.  I'm actually having baffles machined.  They'll be press fit, no
glue required.  I'm getting some nice brass pieces machined for the
secondary grounding/height adjustment.

On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:41 AM, <Sfxneon@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> In a message dated 7/4/2008 9:13:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << I set up my TC today to 'play'.  I think I made a big  mistake.  I
> accidentally had the ungrounded low voltage lead from the  secondary inside
> the coil form.  To make a long story short my secondary  PVC form now has
> some nice tree-like black tracks on the inside of it.   The TC still works,
> and puts out streamers to about three and a half feet or  more. >>
>
> It's a good idea to install baffles at each end of the secondary. Cut some
> plex discs to fit inside the PVC and epoxy or silicone them in place at
> each
> end  of the tube. (Don't use a solvent type adhesive because it could leave
> explosive  vapors inside the coil form!) This will almost insure that the
> arc
> can't take a  short cut down the inside of the coil form, especially when
> your
> arcs start to  get more than twice the secondary length. I actually
> installed
> three baffles  inside my 8" coil just for good measure.
>
>
> << Should I stop  coiling for making such a stupid mistake? >>
>
> The only stupid mistake is one that one that hurts YOU, and not a
> replaceable piece of pipe and a little bit of wire. Real learning comes
> from  making
> your own "mistakes", and living to tell about them. Just look at how much
>  you
> have already found out about how to prevent this from happening again.  Not
> just
> from the replies from the list, but you now have first hand knowledge  of
> what went wrong and why. Most of us have been there...done that...have the
>  tons
> of fried parts to prove it, but keep on coiling anyway because with each
> failure comes a better, bigger coil the next time. And THAT'S what it's all
>  about!
>
> Ya still with us, Phil?
>
> Tony Greer
>
>
>
>
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