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Re: [TCML] Primary coil supports and wood
Look up Woodburn fractals on my site and now on Wiki to see the effects of
HV on wood.
http://tesladownunder.com/LowVoltagePower.htm#Wood%20burn%20fractals
It also is a real problem with lifters in long term display use and I have
had to redesign them to include a nylon line segment.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Hansen" <mrclivehansen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Primary coil supports
Steve,
I think that wood is unsuitable as it seems to become conductive after
used with high voltage. I once drove two nails into a piece of wood and
connected them to the outputs from a microwave oven transformer. The nails
were too far away to arc, but after several seconds, arcs began to travel
across the wood and burned it. When it began to arc very hot across the
burned path. The wood then caught fire.
-Clive
Stephen J. Hobley wrote:
Is wood a bad choice for primary coil supports? I see a lot of plastic
being used, but I seem to be able to work more cleanly in wood...
Steve
Stephen Hobley Photography
www.stephenhobley.com
317 201 4281
The Laser Harp Project - www.stephenhobley.com/build
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