Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Bart,
That's funny that you say that. Actually, my experience
with x-ray power cable is to leave it on the ground. May-
be I'm "messing up" doing it that way, but I've never had any
problems using x-ray cable in this fashion. I simply strip off
enough of the outer sheathing and insulation along with the
semiconductive carbon tape for proper standoff of the 14 kV to 17 kV
from the inner 3 conductors to the outer
grounded braiding and leave the rest of the cable intact. I
solder all 3 of the inner condcutors together on the end as one.
X-ray cables are really overdesigned for the usual sub-
20 kV voltages used to feed Tesla primary circuits since they are
generally rated around 75 kVDC. The thin outer rubber
sheathing seems to be fairly durable, too, and effectively protects
the grounded mesh sheathing (yes, I do ground the outer-
mesh, just beneath the outer rubber sheathing and I have NOT
witnessed any significant Blumlein affects).
David Rieben
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: HV xray cable revisited
Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Mike,
For a quick reply, "get the cable off the ground and your problems
are over". I never allow hv feeds to be tossed along the ground.
Take care,
Bart
Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "MIKE HARDY" <MHARDY@xxxxxxxxxx>
Some time back I had a discussion on the list about stripping off
the black conductive coating that remains after the shield is
removed, for 8" or so on either end of my HV xray cable. It seems
this black coating still arcs if it is in contact to ground, or
the other xfmr lead (14.4 kV). Is this simply distributive
capacitannce causing coupling due to it's use on AC? Do you think
this robs alot of energy? Is it dangerous if layed on damp ground?
I find running the leads thru pvc to the TC cumbersome, and time
consumming, when I want to drag it outside for short runs. Since I
want to run my coil tonight for new years a quick reply would be
greatly apreciated.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mike