Re: qualifications

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <terrellfone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: Jim <branley1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Folks:
>
> I appreciate your concern about my qualifications to build a tesla coil.
> I feel 50% qualified and with your help I might be 100% qualified.
> I am a licensed electrical contractor 17.5 years now. I do 
> industrial, commercial & residential electrical construction & 
> service work. My Dad worked for IBM for 33 years and had me 
> tinkering with electronics as a child.
>
> Can someone /recommend/ a good conductive tape for my toroid. (I 
> have hvac silver duct tape) and I've gone to Lowes' plumbing 
> department for conductive tape but to no avail. My question also is, 
> does the adhesive portion of the tape have conductive properties?
>
> Thank you for your assistance and concern!
> Jim
Hi Jim,

Just use aluminum foil duct/vent tape. It is thick aluminum foil with 
a sticky backing:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=154789-133-154789&lpage=none

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=95192-133-95192&lpage=none

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=40999-133-40999&lpage=none

It has to be wrapped on the vent duct joints here by code now (guess 
how I know that ;-))

At 300,000 volts, the thin layer of adhesive "disappears" ;-)) 
Although the current flows mostly through capacitance as displacement 
currents through it rather than conduction. But it will work perfectly fine.

http://members.tm.net/lapointe/Toroid.htm

http://home.austin.rr.com/teslafun/Tesla_toroids.htm

http://www.teslaboys.com/Tesla05/T05Power/index.html

Cheers,

Terry