RE: Grounding the Secondary Coil Help please

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

If the nut and bolt you suggest would be coming through the side of the 
secondary pipe, it may cause problems with attracting corona and arcing to 
the inner turn of the primary, unless it was at least an inch or so below 
the plane of the primary.  My technique is to have a disk or endcap with a 
1/4" bolt in the center of it to provide both mechanical support and 
connectivity to the coil.  See http://www.laushaus-dot-com/tesla/secondary.htm.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

  > 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
  >
  >