Re: Pigs and X-Ray Cabling

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Pigs and X-Ray Cabling
From: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 23:41:25 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

to: coiler

Don't use the x-ray cable with the shield as a ground.  It works fine with
DC with an AC pole pig the extra cap will resonant and damage the pig. 
I've seen the actual resonant rise high enough to arc over the entire pole
pig bushing (over 125 kV), so don't run it with the shield on as a ground. 
This wqrning also applied to any type coaxial cable.  With the shield
stripped it will work fine as a power supply cable for your pole xmfr.

DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net


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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Pigs and X-Ray Cabling
> Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 5:52 PM
> 
> Original Poster: "Coiler" <mycroft-at-access1-dot-net> 
> 
> I finally decided I was tired of being afraid of cooking my neons, and
have
> taken the step up to a pig (Damn shipping was 3/4 the cost of the unit
> itself :( )
> In any case, said beastie is not exactly what one would call luggable.
> As a result, the Pig will be some distance from the coil setup, rather
than
> right next to it, as I do with my neons.
> 
> Via a strike of luck, I find myself with close to 300ft of 250KV X-Ray
> cabling.
> This consists of a 1/8" outer sheath, wire briad with a semiconducting
tape
> wrapper, 3/8" red rubber(?) insulator, and finally 4 conducters (2 14awg,
2
> 22awg)
> at the core. If I use this for the expected 20' or needed to run to my
coil
> are there any gotchas I need to watch for? I know about the capacitance
that
> the
> shield can present, and if needed I can strip the braid off (but I like
the
> idea
> of the additional protection.)
> Any surprises from the lead inductance?
> How do others connect your coils to your pig?
> 
> In the spirit of "build it yourself" I am going to attempt to wind a
> current limiting reactor myself. I plan to use about 10lbs of iron wire
> I have from another project to form a ring, and then to wind that with
8AWG
> wire.
> After the wire winding is done, use a hacksaw to cut a slot, then pot the
> beast
> in some high temp wax (to keep the gap fixed.)
> 
> Comments?
>