Re: qualifications

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Original poster: "Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>

Hey Jim,

just search around your local lowes/home depot/walmart for some plain 
aluminum tape, as wide as you can find it.  I've had luck at all 
three places.  Al tape seems to usually be with the rest of the tape 
and in the painting area at lowes/home depot.  Wally world is the 
cheapest i've found so far (no suprises there).  As far as 
conductivity goes, the sparks are breaking down inches or feet of 
air, so hundreths of an inches of adhesive doesn't really matter.  A 
solid metal surface might give you a bit more performance but tape is 
tried and true.  Works great on david rieben's green moster coil that 
spits 8 foot arcs!  A quick, easy, cheap, and effective topload can 
be made by wrapping aluminum ducting around two pie pans bolted 
together.  Cover the whole thing in aluminum tape and you're good to go!

good luck!
Drake Schutt

On 3/8/07, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: Jim <<mailto:branley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>branley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Folks:

I appreciate your concern about my qualifications to build a tesla coil.
I feel 50% qualified and with your help I might be 100% qualified.
I am a licensed electrical contractor 17.5 years now. I do
industrial, commercial & residential electrical construction &
service work. My Dad worked for IBM for 33 years and had me tinkering
with electronics as a child.

Can someone /recommend/ a good conductive tape for my toroid. (I have
hvac silver duct tape) and I've gone to Lowes' plumbing department
for conductive tape but to no avail. My question also is, does the
adhesive portion of the tape have conductive properties?

Thank you for your assistance and concern!
Jim