RE: wire

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE: wire
From: "EXT-Peterson, Phillip P" <phillip.p.peterson-at-boeing-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:23:49 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Please, what does "OFC" stand for?

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> Sent: 	Saturday, December 25, 1999 6:55 PM
> To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 	Re: wire
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> Original Poster: NickandSim-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> Hi All,
>          for primary circuit wiring you shouldn't bother with HV cable -
> when 
> there's voltage on the coil you can't get that close anyway.  The best
> stuff 
> to use is 2guage super flexible OFC - it can handle 250A continuously.
> That 
> stuff might seem expensive at 5$ per metre but is there really any point
> in 
> spending lots of time and money on a nice primary cap, coil etc and then 
> skimping a few bucks for cable?
> If you have a power supply some distance from the coil then you should 
> definitely use HV cable to hook it up but for the high current RF cabling 
> forget it.
> 
> Merry Christmas
> Nick Field
> 
>