Re: "NEW" idea ?? on primary tapping...

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Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

Scot,

Scott Coppersmith uses this method on his twins and the Gemini Twins he 
built for us.  The problem with it is that you are more or less limited to 
whole turn tuning points.  This is fine for some coils, but many others 
seem to have a very narrow tune window.

Mark Broker
Cheif Engineer, The Geek Group


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:55:57 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Bunny Killer" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
>
>Hey All..


>normally we have this wire exiting from the subtructure that attaches to
>the primary via a clip of some sort and the wire has to be long enuf to
>reach all the way around the case/cabinet/base assembly to reach the "other
>side" of the primary ( and in most cases the wire in either too short or it
>is wayyyy  to long) ...  you always seem to find this out when tuning a new
>coil....
>
>
>sooo..   for those of us who have a primary that is elevated a couple of
>inches from the deck ,  be it a conical or raised flat....
>there is a more "elegant" manner to tap the primary...
>
>my idea is to run a " primary feeder ring"  ( well actually a "C" shaped
>set-up  sort of like a strike ring ...)  at deck level and use a short
>double clipped wire to tap the primary...
>one clip attaches to the feeder ring and the second clip attaches to the
>primary proper...  no more 5' of primary flex wire needed to tap to the
>primary...  just a few inches of wire...    maybe about 6" of wire.....    :)
>
>I think this may be a kewl Idea....
>
>gonna try to get it put together by Sunday nite...    hopefully the "extra"
>unused "C" doesnt affect the system...
>if I get it together by Sunday I will get pictures    sometimes I have a
>problem conveying ideas via words...   pictures are good things  :)
>
>
>
>Scot D