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Re: Beginner looking for help
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Nylon (plastic) fasteners in 3/8-16 NC work great to assemble your base
unit. We use 8 vertical delrin (white plastic) rods to create the
oscillator sub-base assembly. Best of construct the power supply in a
separate cabinet and then run the HV leads over to the oscillator sub-base.
Vertical delrin rods of 1 1/2 inch dia work good. For smaller systems use
approx 12-14 inches of vertical height.
Most any style of PVC pipe is fine except black. The white is usually water
pipe, the grey electrical, and the green is SDR (sewer & drain). Use
aggressive sandpaper to remove the top layer both outside and inside the
pipe. Apply 2-3 coats of polyurethane prior to winding.
You can use used magnet wire but since the sec coil is strained with the HV
on it I usually prefer to use new magnet wire to wind the sec coil. The
high temp 200 degree C. wire is best as it has a very thick coating on it
and good dielectric properties --- also very good breakdown characteristics.
You can wind with surplus wire but a small nick somewhere could cause you
problems after you have spent a lot of time and energy preparing your sec
coil. Beldon Polythermalize is a very good wire and small coils dont
require that much.
If you are interested I also have plans for a nice small coil that delivers
a solid 20-22 inch long spark off a single 12 kV 60 mA neon sign
transformer.
Good luck.
Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 1999 2:37 AM
Subject: Beginner looking for help
>Original Poster: Cyber Link <cl-at-www.egypt.pca-dot-net>
>
>Well after months of reading www sites on the subject and reading lots
>of the archives of this list I have decided to try and build my first
>TC. Even after all the reading on the subject I am left with a few
>questions. I am hopeing some one can give me some pointers.
>
>Ok to start I began collecting the stuff a few days ago. The area I am
>in (Mansfield Between Dallas/Ft. Worth) has lots of construction going
>on. (new Homes) A little digging in there trash provided more wood and
>PVC pipe than I can carry. So I guess the first question is what is the
>difference between gray PVC, blue PVC, and standard white PVC? The gray
>is labeled Electrical conduit. I am assuming all should be sealed with
>polyurethane. Should screws be used to construct the base? I know that
>is a strange question but I just want to be sure. Checking the garage
>produced 4 Fly backs (I have lots of old monitors from my arcade games.)
>I was going to use a fly back for the HV generator but after reading the
>instructions they don't seem to make sense. Can someone point me to a
>good pic of an assembled HV generator using a Fly back? Where is a good
>place to buy magnet wire, CHEEP. The local mousers has 12lb for 60$ I
>just don't know if that is good, about normal, or way to high.
>
>Thanks in advance
> cl-at-egypt.pca-dot-net
>