RE: spark plug wires???

["Ted Rosenberg" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Danny: While I have zero experience with MOTs as I am an NST person, I do
remember that when I was determining the "right" kind of wire for the
hi-volt connections, carbon centered spark plug wire was NOT recommended
because of that very fact.

There are copper centered HV auto racing wire but a local speed shop gets
(ready?) one dollar a foot. wow.

I managed to obtain a reasonable length of GTO wire for much less.
Now if you are discussing a primary...I use 1/4 copper refrig tubing. In
fact, winding/threading 65 feet of that tonight. Sniff.

and I understand about the car. Took me twenty years to complete a 1929
Model A Tudor to factory new!

Hope I have been of some help.


Ted Rosenberg
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Subject: spark plug wires???

Original poster: DANIMAL799-at-aol-dot-com 

i have been tossing around a few ideas for how to re-wire my coil for better

performance.  (it doesn't even work yet and i want to re-build it already.  
:>)  have built the entire coil so far for a total of 27$  and i want to
keep 
it that way.  i am using some beat up speaker wire i found under my couch
for 
all of the wring of the tank circuts and it is a pretty poor way to go.   i 
was thinking of using some automotive spark plug wires that i couldn't get
to 
fit on my 68 firebird to rewire my tank circut     (that car is the reason 
that i can only devote 27$ to my tesla coil hobby)  has anyone ever tried 
this before??   i am using 2 mot's for a power supply   would the high 
amperage of these suckers heat up the wires.  i know they have some sort of 
carbon conductor center.  i would assume this would have a higher resistance

than copper   would this cause a lot of heat??  just another one of my new 
ideas...  -danny   albuquerque  new mexico