Re: More newbie questions

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

You don't need special high voltage wire for tank
connections. Ordinary THHN construction grade copper
wire works fine.  Fine stranded welding cable and
"monster" audio cable is good too.  Tank wiring really
is one of those places where it's OK to go cheap.

Greg

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> 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?
> 
> 
> 


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