Re: Source for Glyptol?

[John Wayland <dat1200@europa.com>]

Hello to All,

>From Mike Chancey:

>They show Krylon 1386 Green Epoxy Varnish, which is an aerosol 
>spray.  It is rated over 1900 volts/mil, and is listed as "high arc-
>resistant and nontracking properties".  They also show Krylon 
>1385 Red and 7001 Clear Insulating Varnish, rated 2100 volts/
>mil.  All these products are listed for use on motor windings, 
>armatures, stator windings, transformers and so on. Does any of 
>these sound like a reasonable alternative to Glyptol?

>From Bill Dube':

>Actually, these products sound BETTER than Glyptol. 

    Krylon's 1386 Green Epoxy Varnish is exactly what I used in my
modified Kostov motor in White Zombie, a motor that sees more than 250v
under a 600+ amp load at the end of my 1/4 mile runs. To date, there are
no visible signs of arcing at all, and the motor looks very healthy.
Most of the anti-arcing credit goes to the motor's interpole windings
(love 'em), the full advanced timing I run it at, and the brush
rigging/commutator changes I've made, but having the inside of the brush
end bell a nice pretty green gives me additional insurance.
     Having high-voltage proofed a few motors, and having used Glyptol
in some of them, I find I like the  Krylon product better. Stay away
from the clear version though, as when I tested the different color
options, the clear was too hard to tell if it had coated enough, where
with the colored ones, there's no doubt about it.

See Ya...........John Wayland
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