[TCML] Renamed to "sealed secondary ends"

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

You mean seal the secondary interior via tight-fitting end caps?  I've never heard that suggested or mentioned.  

I have heard some suggest that interior arcing might be diminished if tight-fitting baffle disks are glued in several places along the secondary interior, but if one observes simple rules about not ever allowing the wire into the interior, that should not be necessary either.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul Brodie
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 3:31 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] can you help my son and i with this Please
> 
> I have a question along these lines, sort of. When I first started building
> TC's, I was told that I should seal the ends of the secondary form. I did it
> without question, I suppose like that sheep comment earlier, but I never
> asked why, until now. I hope this is still on thread, since we are talking
> about new coilers and how they go about doing things and why. I have been
> helping a young guy build his first coil and he asked me why I wanted him to
> seal the ends of his PVC pipe and I didn't have a ready answer, other than I
> have always done it and was told that I should.
> 
> So, why do we seal the ends of the secondary form? Is it really necessary,
> especially with a small low power coil?
> Paul
> Think Positive

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