RE: primary hook up (fwd)

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Subject: RE: primary hook up (fwd)
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:53:27 -0600
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From: 	Thornton, Russ #CSR2000[SMTP:ThorntoR-at-rc.pafb.af.mil]
Sent: 	Monday, December 22, 1997 6:29 AM
To: 	'Tesla discussion Group'
Subject: 	RE: primary hook up (fwd)

Wouldn't a simple copper plumbing strap be easier?

Russ Thornton
CSR 2040, 
Building 989, Rm.  A1-N20
Phone: (407) 494-6430 
Email: thorntor-at-rc.pafb.af.mil


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>Subject: 	Re: primary hook up (fwd)
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>Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 21:15:27 +0500
>From: "Alfred A. Skrocki" <alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com>
>To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Subject: Re: primary hook up (fwd)
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>On Sat, 20 Dec 1997 09:55:06 -0500 Kevin Wahila
><wawa-at-spectra-dot-net> wrote;
> 
>> What is a good means to make a secure connection to the primary coil?  I
>> have a 1/4" Cu tubing primary.  Up until now I have just been using
>> plain old alligator clips.  Is there anything that can fit snuggly
>> around it?
> 
>Hi Kevin, what I've usually done is to take a two inch long piece of your 
>1/4 inch copper tubing and hammer it out flat then file a radius on each 
>end to decrease coronal leakage and then drill 1/8 inch holes near the two 
>ends of the now flattened tubing. This is now wrapped around you primary 
>tubing and secured to the hook up wire with a bolt through the two 1/8 inch 
>holes and secure with a gripping washer and a nut.
>
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