Re: disaster (i think)?

["brian foley" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

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> Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov>
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> don't sweat the gaps... Crossed wires would be a problem (maybe)...
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> >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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>Hi I just put the urethane to one of my coils and I thot it had gaps too.
some of this is really and optical illusion tho, when I looked real close
with a magnifier glass it doesnt look so bad. cul brian
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