RE: Secondary connection to RF ground question

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



	Why is it important to have the secondary connection be outside the
coil form?  
	Thanks
	Dan



> Dan: 
>     You have done well, but let me suggest your secondary connection be
> outside the coil form and you coat the screw head with epoxi on the inside
> of the coil form. I use a plexiglass disk to insulate or a Nylon bolt.
>     Robert  H
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> > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:04:17 -0600
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Secondary connection to RF ground question
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> > Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:17:45 -0600
> > 
> > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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> > Question regarding my connection to RF Ground:
> > 
> > On my solid state coils, I use a insulative plug in the bottom of
> > the secondary coil.  In the center of this plug was a 1/4" bolt going
> > downward through the base of my coil support.  The bottom end of the
> > secondary coil was then soldered to a lug and attached to this bolt at
> the
> > bottom of the secondary coil where a hard braided ground cable was
> attached
> > to it.
> > 
> > Is this okay for a conventional tesla coil - bringing the secondary
> > to this large bolt and then terminating with a good RF ground???
> > 
> > Thanks again.
> > 
> > Dan
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