RE: Primary connection

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Original poster: "Randy & Lori" <rburney6-at-comcast-dot-net> 

I was using the fuse holders like I was told, but they would become
loose from the weight of my cable.  It didn't matter how many times I
would reform it, it wouldn't hold very well.  When I bought a 240 plug
(got to go bigger sooner or later), it came with 2 grounding prongs; a
straight one and an "L" shaped one.  By taking off a small portion (that
normally clamps the wire), I was left with this nice piece of
copper(solderable) that is rounded inside and accepts my primary
perfectly.  The screw that normally holds the wire, now clamps my
primary.  About 2 turns of the screw and the thing pops right off.  I'll
never go back to the fuse holder again.

Randy
Savannah, GA

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Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 9:06 PM
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Subject: Primary connection

Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>

I was wondering if I could hear the various ways that everyone has
connected their primary coil to the rest of the system.
I have an alligator clip in mind when I think of this.
Seems like a rather bad idea in a way.  We design this system that can
have
in the hundreds of amps for a peak current.  Then we runn this huge
current
through a connection that consists of an alligator clip on a copper
tube.

It seems like bottleneck.  It would hinder the flow of such large
currents.

Are there any better alternative simple or not id like to hear bout
them.

Luke Galyan
Bluu-at-cox-dot-net