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secondary coil wire (fwd)
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From: Bill Noble [SMTP:william_b_noble-at-email.msn-dot-com]
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 1998 9:25 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
why not just butt the two tubing ends together and silver solder them?? this
will give you a really "undetectable" joint - both electrically and
physically. Lead solder isn't strong enough to get away with a butt joint
like this, but silver solder will do the trick easily.
>From: gweaver [SMTP:gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net]
>Sent: Sunday, February 15, 1998 1:35 AM
>To: Tesla List
>Subject: Re: secondary coil wire (fwd)
>
>Yes the copper can be spliced very easy. This is how I do it. File out
the
>burr on the inside end of the copper tubing using a round file. Cut 4
>pieces of #12 solid copper wire about 1" long each. Insert the 4 pieces of
>wire into the end of the copper tubing so half the wire is inside the
tubing
>and half the wire is hanging out. Heat the copper tubing an carefully
>solder the wires in place. Slide the other copper tubing over the 4 wire
and
>solder it in place also. Slide the 2 pieces of tubing together until they
>touch. When it cools file off any excess solder on the outside for the
>tubing. You have to look extremely close on a finished primary coil to find
>the splice. Some of my primary coils are make from several scrap pieces of
>copper all spliced together (4 or 5 splices) but that doesn't seem to
effect
>the primary. I know the splices are there but I have to look very hard to
>find them.
>
>Gary Weaver
>
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