RE: [TCML] Component Connecting Wiring

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

The general wisdom is that for the tank circuit - the loop consisting of the gap, primary coil, and capacitor - you want to use something a bit beefier.  I'm sure a good many of us, including myself, are guilty of overkill, but unless your 18 AWG wires are extremely short, they could compromise performance.  How much remains to be seen.  What you have will surely work, won't make a night & day difference and won't burst into flames or anything, but consider upgrading to #12 or #10, and try to keep the interconnect lengths as short as possible.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Brandon Hendershot
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 7:40 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: [TCML] Component Connecting Wiring
> 
> As soon as I finish my spark gap and make my MMC, I'll have everything
> to get my new coil up and running. I've been using (i think) 18 AWG
> solid copper wire to hook everything together. Is that adequate for
> linking all the components in a 15/30 NST 3.5" secondary coil setup?
> What do you guys use? What's good?

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