Re: Primary Connections

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Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I would have thought thick and as short as possible are the key 
factors. The cross section probably matters less so use whatever is 
easiest and heaviest.  Any tank wiring excess length is wasted power 
that should be going to make sparks instead.  Your wiring will get 
hot at 15kW in the tank circuit with quite high RMS currents and RF losses.
Don't use any iron based bolts, screws or clamps. The RF hysteresis 
losses will heat them up severely.  I can still see the scar from 
when I brushed past a Capacitor lead (3/8 inch steel bolt).  This was 
a thermal not electrical burn. A brass replacement runs much cooler.

The feed in from your HV transformer of course can be any small 
hookup wire - after all it is only 1 amp at 60Hz.

Peter
Tesladownunder


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Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:47 AM
Subject: Primary Connections


> Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> What are your recommendations for the material to use for connecting the
> various components of the primary circuit like the spark gap, capacitor,
> etc.?
>
> I've seen guys use plain wire, braided grounding wire, copper ribbon and
> various other methods. Which do you suggest for a 15KW system?
>
> Thanks,
> Cameron
>
>
>
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