Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
OK I've rebuilt my primary taking in everyone's suggestions. No more wood
for insulation :)
Right as I got started I could see the 3/4" pvc pipe was to small so I went
and got some 1" which turned out to be 1 1/4" even though it was stamped as
1". It worked out great though. This time I used 50' of copper tubing and
I got some where around 14 ~ 15 turns instead of just 7. Oh and this time I
used approx 1/2" spaces instead of 3/4" spaces. I still need to build the
strike ring but you get the idea. You guys were so right about using 8
supports instead of 4. It looks so much neater.
Here's a few pics.
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/12.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/13.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/14.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/15.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/16.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/17.jpg
http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/18.jpg
Good night (going to bed zzzzzz)
Malcolm - KC
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Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Capacitor Help
> Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Malcolm,
>
> One thing you may want to note is that you will probably
> find it a bit of a challenge to "fish" the working end of a
> zip tie through one predrilled hole of the PVC and up and
> out of the neighboring hole, especially with PVC pipe as
> small as 3/4". What "I" did to meet this challenge was to
> fold the working end (the end without the zip lock mecha-
> nism) in two places about 3/4" to 1" apart, then take a
> pair of lineman's pliers and pinch the folds together with
> the pliers very firmly. This will leave the working end
> resembling a hook with two 90 degree elbow. This makes it
> somewhat easier to fish the end of the tie into one hole and twist
> it around to poke out of the adjacent hole as it's obvious that you
> won't be able to slide your free hand into such a small diameter
> pipe to assist in this procedure.
>
> Keep us informed as to how your project works out and
> shoot all of your questions our way as the collective knowledge
> of this group is probably without a doubt the world authority on
> Tesla coil design and construction.
>
> Good luck,
> David Rieben
>
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> >Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
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>msnip...