Re: More newbie questions

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

In a message dated 6/22/01 1:44:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 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?

Michael,

Any kind of wire will be good enough for the most part as long
as it's reasonably thick.  I usually
use 12awg wire for tank hookup for small coils.  Some folks like
to use thicker wire to reduce losses, although it doen't tend to
make any difference.  There's no need to use high voltage wire
as long as you allow clearance between wires and metal items
so no arcs occur between wires and things.  You won't be 
touching the wires anyway when the coil is active, not if you
want to remain among the living anyway   :)

John