Re: primary hard ware

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: primary hard ware
From: "Luc" <ludev-at-videotron.ca> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 14:26:16 -0700
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Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Ruud de Graaf" <rdegraaf-at-daxis.nl>
>
> >Original Poster: "ROBERT CRESSLER" <robert.cressler-at-menasha-dot-com>
> >
> >    matt,
> >            I would avoid metal,and go with nylon or the like.
> >Robert
> >
> >
> I saw this advice more often on the list, but I never saw a good reason for
> it. In my humble opinion the top cap 'doesn't see' anything under the strike
> rail, so the only thing that's left is the primary voltage. The only thing
> you will have to do, is to keep distance with metal screws from the HV
> wiring to prohibit corona.  Anyone on the list with negative experience with
> metal screws used on a TC?
>
> Ruud de Graaf
> Greetings from Holland

The screws are under the influence of the magnetic field of the primary they
can heat and absorb energy to what point I don't know , in the past I use a
coil at around the same frequency  to heat screwdriver tip for "tempering ?".

Luc Benard (Montreal)