Re: disaster (i think)?

["Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

don't sweat the gaps... Crossed wires would be a problem (maybe)...

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Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: disaster (i think)?


>Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net> 
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>all,
>today i put a coat of insulating varnish on the 3000 turn coil, what i
>saw sickened me. i thought i was so careful to get the wire tight
>together but after the varnish at least a hundred? gaps showed up in the
>windings. not really the width of a wire but there there.
>there is no crossed wires but i'm not sure if the gaps will kill it or
>not? it goes about two inches real tight and then a gap, then maybe a
>half inch, another gap and so on.
>will covering it in urethane help, or can i expect it to burn?
>any help will be grateful,  sad marc.
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