Re: disaster (i think)?

["Robin Copini" <rcopini-at-merlin-dot-net.au> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Marc,


 Don't be too concerned with the gaps, my 10 inch secondary has them all
over the place and hasn't seemed to affect it at all. Just take all photo's
from a reasonable distance so no one sees them :-)!!

Best Regards

 Robin




Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
>
> 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.