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Re: TANK CIRCIUT AND PRIMARY CONDUCTOR CHOICES



to: Mike

4 or 6 AWG welding cable works great.  It is very fine stranded for good RF
conduction and is has good flex.  Slip it into tygon tubing for reasonable
HV flashover protection.  Available at any large welding shop supplier.

Regards,

Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net


-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 1:04 AM
Subject: TANK CIRCIUT AND PRIMARY CONDUCTOR CHOICES


>Original Poster: CHURCHMON-at-aol-dot-com
>
>Hello fellow coilers,I have a question reguarding conductor choices in both
>the tank circuitry and the primary coil. Hopefully somone on the (tesla
list)
>can help .So far I have seen flat strap,ref. tubing ,and heavy guage
>wire.Which would give the best performance?
>
> Currently,I have a 8"x 28" coil powered by two 15/60's with a vertically
>stacked cap.(.027uf) and a series gap. The coil itself has 16 gauge wire on
>the secondary and the freq. is(234khz. loaded) with a 6"x 20" toroid.The
>primary is a flat sprial made of 1/2" ref. tubing (11 turns tapped at the
6th
>turn).
>
>So far max.spark is 42" and I think there is  more potential. There must be
>some info. dealing with the certian size of  conductors and the dia.of the
>material used depending upon power,volts,current and coupling
>characteristics. I am  planning on using either 1/4",3/8,"or 1/2" dia.
>tubing.Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks, Mike Church (CHURCHMON)4/8/99
>