Re: secondary connection

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Original poster: "Bill Parn by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla@uswest.net>" <parn@starpower.net>

I did something similar, however I made the mistake of also doing
the same thing on the bottom of the coil.  That was when I was never
expecting to get 30" streamers only 8" or so.  I then had arcing inside
the tube as to be expected, the path of least resistance.

William

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Subject: secondary connection


> Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla@uswest.net>" <fox@gwydion.pupman.com>
>
> i was wondering how i might go about connecting the secondary to the
> topload. my current idea involves connecting the last winding on the
> seondary onto a screw that leads into the pvc pipe im using. from there
> another peice of wire hooks onto a bolt i have through a pvc end cap. i
> made a small schematic if you dont understand what im saying
> http://foxxz.net/tesla/connect.gif
>
> is this going to cause arcing problems within the secondary, or should i
> just wind the wire to the top of the cap and connect it to the bolt there?
> still it may arc off the ends of the bolt and inside of the secondary
> unless i cover it with some insultation. id like some tips on how to go
> about doing this while the varnish is still drying on it.
>
> -fox
> fox@woozle.org
> incase the hostname hasnt panned out yet
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