Re: More newbie questions

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

Hi Mike! 
        I have run twice the power you are contemplating using ordinary lamp 
cord wire separated down the middle and pushed through a piece of poly 
aquarium air tubing as and extra shield. You can also use solid #10 or #12 
wire, which is fairly rigid and bend the wire making physical space around 
the wire the HV insulation, or some combination of the two. 
Matt D. 
In a message dated 6/22/01 1:44:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> 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?