Re: Wire for Tesla Coil Tank Circuit

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

Hi Dan,

For the modest power level you are contemplating, I'd
be real tempted to use the 14AWG HV stuff. Big wire IS
a real pain to terminate. I think with a 900VA system,
the performance penalty for using skinny tank wiring
would be negligible. In fact, I often use small stuff
for tank wiring when I'm testing a new coil, then
rewire with big stuff once I'm sure it's going to
work. You know what? The sparks don't get any longer
when I rewire with fat conductor!

My $.02 worth,

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

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 
> I'm in the process of choosing my wire for use in
> hooking up components in
> my primary tank circuit.
> 
> For a small coil (15kv/60ma) my current choices are:
> 
> 1.  60kV, 14AWG High Voltage wire
> 
> 2.  6 AWG Welding Cable
> 
> I'd rather use the 60kV, 14AWG High Voltage wire as
> most of my components
> already have the proper terminals
> to use for this, as the 6 AWG requires much larger
> terminals which i would
> need to refit.
> 
> However, I realize the low-inductance 6 AWG may
> better fit the bill.  But,
> if both wires will do the job adequately in the
> small coil like mine, i'll
> go with the high voltage wire.
> 
> What are your thoughts???
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>