Re: secondary connection

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 12/21/00 7:15:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< 
 i was wondering how i might go about connecting the secondary to the
 topload. my current idea involves connecting the last winding on the
 seondary onto a screw that leads into the pvc pipe im using. from there
 another peice of wire hooks onto a bolt i have through a pvc end cap. i
 made a small schematic if you dont understand what im saying
 http://foxxz-dot-net/tesla/connect.gif
 
 is this going to cause arcing problems within the secondary, or should i
 just wind the wire to the top of the cap and connect it to the bolt there?
 still it may arc off the ends of the bolt and inside of the secondary
 unless i cover it with some insultation. id like some tips on how to go
 about doing this while the varnish is still drying on it.
 
 -fox
 fox-at-woozle-dot-org
 incase the hostname hasnt panned out yet
 
  >>
Mat,

On my coils, I use a pvc end cap, sanded flat on the bottom, and glued to the 
plastic end plug in the top of the secondary.  Then a short piece of pvc pipe 
is inserted into the end cap.  Another end cap, sanded flat on the bottom, is 
now fitted onto the pvc pipe.  This top end cap has a hole drilled in it and 
a 1/4" nylon bolt epoxied in it, sticking straight up.  The upper end wire on 
the secondary is loosely spiraled up to the nylon bolt, stripped of 
insulation and just hooked around the nylon bolt.  All of my toroids have a 
1/4" acrylic center disk that is covered in aluminum tape, with a 1/4" hole 
in the center.  The toroid just sits down over the nylon bolt and I use a 
flat washer and nylon wing nut to fasten it in place.

Ed Sonderman