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I used nylon bolts for everything near the primary, but I suspect that small screw for primary supports etc are fine.
Check out Hi-Q components ( for nylon bolts etc, I got M4, M5 and M12 (!!) bolts and nuts from them for reasonable prices. The M12 especially were useful for securing end-caps etc, and I also used them to rig up a secondary height adjustment system to allowing coupling to be changed (though I'd probably skip that next time, too much work for little benefit). Note that the M12 bolt price is cheap (not much more than a buck a pop) up to a certain length, then gets much more expensive, at least when I ordered mine.
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There is no need to seal the coil for electrical reasons. A breakdown along the coil would prefer to occur at the outer side, close to the wires, not inside. Closed ends may simplify the assembly, but it's enough to make two plugs, one below where to fix the coil and another above, to fix the terminal. It may be a good idea to avoid metal screws, but at not insane power levels I doubt that they can cause any problem.
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Hydron wrote ...
I used nylon bolts for everything near the primary, but I suspect that small screw for primary supports etc are fine.
Check out Hi-Q components ( for nylon bolts etc, I got M4, M5 and M12 (!!) bolts and nuts from them for reasonable prices. The M12 especially were useful for securing end-caps etc, and I also used them to rig up a secondary height adjustment system to allowing coupling to be changed (though I'd probably skip that next time, too much work for little benefit). Note that the M12 bolt price is cheap (not much more than a buck a pop) up to a certain length, then gets much more expensive, at least when I ordered mine.
Thanks for that, i will check them out!
A single m8-m10 bolt is probably strong enough for what im doing.
Antonio wrote ...
There is no need to seal the coil for electrical reasons. A breakdown along the coil would prefer to occur at the outer side, close to the wires, not inside. Closed ends may simplify the assembly, but it's enough to make two plugs, one below where to fix the coil and another above, to fix the terminal. It may be a good idea to avoid metal screws, but at not insane power levels I doubt that they can cause any problem.
Thats always good to know. Will save me much time and expense!
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