Re: space winding

[Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi all,

I've been noticing from reading this space winding thread that
no one has (or admitting to) just leaving the spacing fishing
line on the sec coil form to maintain the spacing. I DON'T 
space wind any more, but when I did, I never tried to remove
the spacing material. Of course, I did always use a good di-
electric material ( usually nylon fishing line) for spacing. It
seemed to be a lot easier to just leave it on than to try to re-
move it. I know some would say that the nylon could hold
moisture, but I never had any problems from leaving it on,
though. Then when I was finished winding the sec coil as-
sembly, I simply PU'd the whole thing (fishing line and all)
with several coats, and it was ready for action!

Like I said, I don't space wind any more as I think this is
unnecessary. I just use the proper guage of wire that will
get me into the ballpark range of my projected # of sec
windings with NO spacing. When the coil is properly de-
signed and tuned, there is no need for spacing of the wind-
ings to prevent turn/turn flashover.

My 2 cts,
David R.