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Re: Tesla Ground Strap

Subject: 
        Re: Tesla Ground Strap
  Date: 
        Fri, 28 Mar 1997 09:18:46 -0700
  From: 
        "DR.RESONANCE" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
    To: 
        "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


To: Chuck Curran

Not a good idea to use aluminum.  The Tesla secondary requires a very,
very
good ground.  Aluminum is not a good conductor (relative to copper) at
the
high frequencies employed by Tesla oscillators.  I know it costs more
but
consider the effect a less effective ground may have on your secondary
coil
-- like burning it up!  Save your aluminum buss for the 60 HZ currents.

Consider copper again unless you are on a very very tight budget and
never
use aluminum for a primary.  

DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net



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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Tesla Ground Strap
> Date: Wednesday,March 26,1997 9:50 PM
> 
> Subject: 
>             Re: Tesla Ground Strap
>        Date: 
>             Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:06:31 +1200
>        From: 
>             "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> Organization: 
>             Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
>          To: 
>             tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> 
> Hi Chuck,
> 
> >   From: 
> >         Chuck Curran <ccurran-at-execpc-dot-com>
> >     To: 
> >         Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > 
> > 
> > Hello All:
> >         The last couple of weeks I have started to try and find some
> > copper
> > strap for a nice ground from the bottom of my secondary, to the buried
> > ground system.  Ah, not too many local stores carried rolls of anything
> > close to 1" wide by .015" thick copper strap, in about a 25 foot
> > length.  I found two sites  that specialize in lightning protection
> > hardware, both carry solid copper strap and braided material.    They
> > had 5/8" through 6" wide strap with one site (www.polyphaser-dot-com)
having
> > 25,50, 75 and 100 foot rolls (1"-6")without any pricing information. 
> > I'm going to call about the cost per roll on the 1" wide, but has
anyone
> > found others sources for solid copper ground strap (or suitable
> > alternate?) that didn't break the bank??  Any suggestions would be
> > appreciated.  Thanks 
> > 
> > Chuck
> 
> I spotted a buckled piece of 2" wide aluminium channel at an 
> aluminium warehouse last year. They said they recycled damaged pieces.
> They let me have it after some persuasion.
> 
> Malcolm