RE: [TCML] HV wire

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

By "Our purposes" - realize that several very different types of wire are typically used in any given Tesla coil.

The wire that connects the main capacitor, spark gap, and primary coil carries peak currents of hundreds of Amps and is typically very heavy, and should be as short and direct as possible.  The wire between the NST, the Terry filter (if any), and the spark gap carries only low current and can be any gauge.

And then there are what the primary coil and secondary coil are wound with, and must be very heavy and not so heavy, respectively.

I assume that you're talking about between the NST, filter, and spark gap.  Yes, non-resistor spark plug wire can be used.  But HV wire is only necessary if it touches or comes close to some other conductor.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of douglas smith
> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 2:38 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] HV wire
>
> i have been sorting through some old wires and ran across some unused spark
> plug wires.
> i was wondering if they could be used for HV leads?
> i know that they are made for high voltages but didn't know if they could be used for
> our purposes as long as they are wire and not the resistor type?
>                                                                thanks

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