Re: LTR question, high voltage wire.

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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 10/19/01 9:13:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Jim,

HV copper wire will work fine for that.  Reasonably heavy wire works
fine for the tank also.  The need for flat wire in the tank has been
overhyped.... it doesn't really matter from a practical standpoint.
Gap losses dominate anyway.  There are many Tesla coil
myths..... "out there". 

Cheers,
John
--
>  Also, I'm still curious if I can use HV wire to connect
>  between the xformers and the safety gaps, all else will be flat copper. I 
am
>  assuming this is only important in the tank; but, we all know what assume
>  means:-)
>  All opinions welcome.
>  
>  Thanks Much,
>  Jim Mora