Re: Poking wires into secondary

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 > This configuration works fine for SSTC and VTTC coils as well as small
 > conventional spark gap
 > coils.  However, with higher power spark gap coils, there is always the
 > risk of arcing from the top through
 > the inside of the form.  Having an RF ground inside the form at the
 > bottom just increases this possibility.
 >
 > The Captain

	It sure does, and not just in high-power coils!  I learned that the
hard way.  In order to hold the wire in place I used to thread the ends
of the wire through the form at both start and ends.  Bad news!  I now
use nylon screws to hold the wire and haven't had further trouble.

Ed