Re: can you use spark plug wires??

• To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: can you use spark plug wires??
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 23:51:50 -0500
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

Subject:     Re: can you use spark plug wires??
      Date:  Fri, 02 May 1997 16:38:08 -0700
      From:  David Trimmell <dwt-at-efn-dot-org>
       To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
References: 
           1


Hello William,

" it dawned on me that
typical 
automotive spark plug wire is a carbon core with 30KV insulation around
it.  
It is designed to suppress all sorts of stuff yet pass a decent
current.  It 
seems to me that the neon to capacitor connections could be made with
this 
wire, with the following benefits:

1. protection of the neon(s)
2. RF suppression for 60HZ line
3. protection of the user due to good HV insulation
4. cheap
5. no inductors to build"

The resistance of the spark plug wires would be way to high, and they
are not designed to handle much current, a few miliamps at most.

David Trimmell

• Prev: Oil Cap + Paper
• Next: From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread