RE: Grounding the Secondary Coil Help please

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

  Ravi, I soldered a 10cm piece of 0.75mm˛ multistrand wire to the end of the
secondary winding. The join was then covered in heatshink tubing and taped
securely (be wary of black insulation tape) to the secondary former.
Thus a nice flexible lead exits the side of my secondary, this is then
attached to a grounding bar under my conical primary.

I wanted a flexible wire as I can detach my secondary for easy transport,
and continual flexing of solid copper wire tends to work harden and break
it.

Tom L.

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Sent: 20/01/04 16:52
Subject: Grounding the Secondary Coil Help please

Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>

     Hi, this is Ravi again, and i am almost done with my first TC, 7.5kV

30mA, 3inX22in sec. I wanted to know some different ways to ground the
secondary because i couldnt find a grounding strap. Could i drill a hole
at
the bottom of secondary and attatch  the wire with a nut and bolt?
Please
give me some ideas, i couldnt think of any other good ways.

Thanks for the help

Ravi