Re: 3/4, 1/4, or 3/4 copper tubing?

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Original poster: "Brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>

Matt, I'm glad you responded, if anything fails and cuts a hole in that pipe
your house will turn into a fireball instantly, or you may electrocute some
poor gas worker whose hand is on the pipe when it burns thru! Use a cold
water pipe......cul brian f.
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Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: 3/4, 1/4, or 3/4 copper tubing?


 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi Adam,
 > Comments interspersed:
 >
 > In a message dated 11/3/02 3:39:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >
 >
 > >Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > ><dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 > >
 > > > I am in the process of building my new coil, but wondering if I should
use
 > > > 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4 inch copper tubing for my primary. My power supply
will
 > >be
 > > > 2 12/60 nst's (1440W). Also, what size tubing should I use for my
spark
 > >rail?
 > > > Thanks
 > > > Adam
 >
 >
 > Yes, 1/4" tubing is fine, even up to +/- 3 KVA for both primary and strike
 > rail.
 >
 >
 >
 > >You'll get a lot of different opinions on this, but 1/4" copper tubing
 > >should be just fine.  I run two (2) 15kV/60mA NSTs using only a
 > >1/4" copper tubing and it barely gets warm even during long run periods.
 > >
 > >Strike rail???  A strike is good for looks.  Functionally, its basically
 > >worthless in my opinion.   In my experience, the same people claiming you
 > >need
 > >a ground system consisting of six hundred, geometrically spaced, 20 foot
 > >rods in the earth are the same people who are going to tell you you need
 > >a strike rail.
 >
 >
 > IMO, this is just smart-a** attitude, similar to advocating "unsafe
 > physical relationships". He can be right a thousand times, but YOU only
 > have to be wrong once. ;-(((
 >
 >
 > >Heck, my grounding system now is just tying my braided rf ground lead
with a
 > >single loose-fitting overhand knot around my gas line going into my
house.
 > >Works great!!!!
 >
 > snip - - -
 >
 > Attaching even a low voltage electrical ground to a live gas line is
 > absolutely illegal.  Attaching HV to it is also grossly irresponsible, and
 > a serious danger to anyone living in the house or nearby. Consider that
 > when evaluating safety advice from different sources.
 >
 > Matt D.
 >
 > 33-year natural gas pipeline engineer, (lived to retire)
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >