Re: More newbie questions

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Michael O. Poley by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mpoley-at-mindspring-dot-com>
>
> Whew, after reading the list for a while there I was worried about asking
> beginner's questions...
>
> I'm working off of  Jeff Corr's plans for a 4" diameter secondary off a
> 15kV/30mA NST, and now that I've got the components assembled, I'm
> worried.  Everybody's talking about high voltage cable, and now I'm
> wondering whether or not I need to make a special trip to get some to
> connect the whole tank circuit together, or whether I can "make-do" with
> something more readily available at the hardware store.  I'm not really
> planning on operating it for any extended length of time or anything.  What
> do you think?

Hi Michael...

Hi Volt wire is nice to have if you NEED to run the wires close to grounded
objects or items that may
suffer if arced to. But if you keep about 1 - 2" clearence between the hi
volt sources and other
"grounded" objects, then the need for it ( hi volt wire)  isnt that
important. When i built my NST powered
coil I used some #10 multistrand 600V insulated wire with no problems at
all. Once you start getting past
25KV, more consideration should be put into hi volt wire application....


Scot D