Re: primary hard ware

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: primary hard ware
From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 07:35:41 -0700
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Hi Ruud,

	Ferrous metals theoretically are lossy in the high magnetic fields of the
primary.  You actually can measure these effects if one REALLY tries, but
for most practical purposes metal screws will not cause a problem on low
powered coils as long as they are kept out of the reach of high voltage.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 12:29 PM 03/18/2000 +0100, you wrote:
>>Original Poster: "ROBERT CRESSLER" <robert.cressler-at-menasha-dot-com>
>>
>>    matt,
>>            I would avoid metal,and go with nylon or the like.
>>Robert
>>
>>
>I saw this advice more often on the list, but I never saw a good reason for
>it. In my humble opinion the top cap 'doesn't see' anything under the strike
>rail, so the only thing that's left is the primary voltage. The only thing
>you will have to do, is to keep distance with metal screws from the HV
>wiring to prohibit corona.  Anyone on the list with negative experience with
>metal screws used on a TC?
>
>Ruud de Graaf
>Greetings from Holland
>
>
>