Help: Someone with electrical knowledge

[alamo5000]

Not sure if this belongs in the reloading section or the bear pit.

I 'built' an induction annealer based on the video from North East Texas Tactical on YouTube.



The annealer is absolutely fantastic and works better than I ever thought it would.

That being said I bought some materials to custom make my own coils. I got the heat sleeve (good to 600 degrees C) and some 10 gauge solid copper wire. Since the coils themselves get fairly toasty I definitely want the heat sleeve on there, but what I don't know is what they use to secure it to the wire to keep it from fraying or whatever.

I would use regular old heat shrink tube but I think it will melt. I think they do offer some higher temp rated stuff but I have no idea what I am looking at or where to find/buy it.

If anyone knows please let me know. See the photos below for a reference.

 

[NoDopes]

Use a temp laser to see how hot that part actually gets? May not be that hot. You could use hitemp epoxy.

 

[PDXGS]

HighHeat Epoxy Putty

HighHeat is a hand mixable epoxy putty stick specifically formulated to bond and repair materials that will be exposed to high temperatures in automotive and industrial maintenance applications.

www.jbweld.com

 

[alamo5000]

I ended up calling one of the online electrical supply companies online and I think I found something that will work.

I got some 3/8" PTFE shrink tube that shrinks 4:1. It says you have to shrink it with a blow torch but once installed it is good up to 500 degrees F.

Hopefully it works out.

 

[Ravenworks]

In your third picture, thats called "Pants".
Honestly they call it pants,some of the supply houses like DigiKey would probably have them.
I bought some from Crutchfield years ago but doubt they'd take a lot of heat.

 

[Jefe's Dope]

I found this video too. Then I found another thread here that builds what looks like a nicer system for ½ the price. Although I have not read the thread yet. I had it bookmarked for later but seemed to have lost it/closed it. If I find it, I'll link it here.

Edit:

Homemade Induction Annealer

Over the last couple of days I put together an induction annealer setup. All components minus the coil were sourced from Amazon. I turned the coil myself from solid copper wire to ensure proper inductance and distance to the case. The power supply is 24V/15A. Switching frequency of the...

www.snipershide.com