Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)

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Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:11:15 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 22:40:48 +0000
From: Bert Pool <bertpool-at-ticnet-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)

> Date:          Sat, 14 Feb 1998 10:41:13 -0700 (MST)
> To:            tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:       Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
> From:          Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>

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> Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 09:11:19 -0800
> From: Walt Kulpa <gwkulpa-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
> 
> Tesla List wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 06:40:51 -0800
> > From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
> > 
> > Tesla List wrote:
> > >
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> > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 23:59:32 +0100
> > > From: Ardjan Houtekamer <ardhout-at-dds.nl>
> > > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > > Subject: secondary coil wire
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I'm just going to build my first tesla coil, but I've a few questions.
> > > The wire of the sec. coil is quite long, must it be ONE long wire or can
> > > you just solder 2 the same shorter wires together, to get one long wire or
> > > 3 or 4 wires?
> > >
> > > Ardjan
> > >
> > >    E-mail:    ardhout-at-dds.nl
> > >    ICQ#:      5669608
> > >    Tel:       06-55190980
> > 
> > Ardjan,
> > 
> >I have a similar question in regard to the primary. In using 1/4" copper tubing, can two or more pieces be spliced together by "swaging and 
> soldering"? I haven't been to the store yet to see if 1/4" couplings are 
> available either. I'm wondering if this type of connection poses a 
> problem as opposed to using a single continuous piece of tubing?

I cut a short length of copper tubing which fits *inside* the two 
ends to be spliced together and soldered the two ends together after 
sliding them over the inner coupling.  Makes a very smooth joint with 
no external coupling to cause corona.  The splice is almost 
invisible, in fact.

Bert Pool


> 
> Thanks, Walt Kulpa
> 
> 
> 
Bert Pool
TCBFW
bertpool-at-flash-dot-net