Re: remote location of NSTs - away from coil base?

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Original poster: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>


On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:49 AM, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> At 04:27 PM 9/6/2006, you wrote:
> > Original poster: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > On Sep 6, 2006, at 11:37 AM, Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > > Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Hi Gomez,
> > >
> > > The connection really isnt that critical since small amperage is
> > > involved.
>
>
> What about something like Anderson PowerPole connectors.  Fairly
> rugged, easy to assemble, cheap, etc.
>
> I've built homemade HV connectors using banana plugs and jacks with
> plastic pipe.  A piece of 1/2" pipe about 6" long with the jack in
> a pipe cap makes a nice recessed socket.  A piece of plastic rod
> that fits snugly in the pipe with the banana plug sticking out of
> the end makes the plug.  Some cleverness with the plumbing bins
> should even allow you to create a double recessed plug/jack like
> you see on modern DMMs.
>
> You can also use PL-259 and SO-239 (UHF connectors) with the
> dielectric drilled out and replaced in a similar scheme (which
> gives you a "screwdown" attachment).  This scheme is VERY popular
> with commercial HV power supplies.

This is EXACTLY the connection I had planned, until I started hearing
that coax was going to destroy my NST, cause birth defects, get me
arrested, and generally be un-American.  ;)

Now I'm considering just building the darned thing the way I always
have done.  Feh.

 - B(G)L