[TCML] Connecting the primary

[Jeremy Scott]

Yeah I am little worried about that too. If it looks 
like it's going to be problem I'll probably replace 
all or part of the wood supports with metal. 

There's a 3/4" slab of G10 under the fixed electrodes 
which should insulate some of the wood but it won't do 
much good for dissipating heat. 

I was going to make some metal 'fins' out of 2 different 
size diameter washers and slide them on the fixed 
electrodes before retaining collar. Hopefully that, and the
fan below it, will suffice for the power level I plan on 
running it at (about 3.5kVA tops)



--- On Tue, 7/29/08, Jim Mora <wavetuner at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jim Mora <wavetuner at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Connecting the primary
> To: "'Tesla Coil Mailing List'" <tesla at pupman.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 3:33 AM
> Looks really great, but I have concern for the viability of
> the fixed
> electrodes. Normally they are bigger and well attached to
> heat sinking
> blocks. Big wire diameter won't mean much if the power
> eats the fixed
> electrodes.
> 
> Jim Mora
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Jeremy Scott
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:14 PM
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> Subject: RE: [TCML] Connecting the primary
> 
> I built it to handle lots and lots of power. 
> 
> Here's a picture of the spark gap:
> 
> https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jeremyscott/web/ASRG.JPG
> 
> Note the 1/0 lugs. :)
> 
> 
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