Re: 3/4, 1/4, or 3/4 copper tubing?

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Original poster: "Mike by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <megavolts61-at-yahoo-dot-com>

 >You'll get a lot of different opinions on this, but
 >1/4" copper tubing
 >should be just fine.  I run two (2) 15kV/60mA NSTs
 >using only a
 >1/4" copper tubing and it barely gets warm even
 >during long run
 >periods.

I personally would use the largest tubing you have
available...ok, up to 1/2 inch anyway.  If your
primary gets warm, then you are losing some of the
primary Q.  I used 3/8 tubing on my 8 inch coil which
never warmed even after long runs.  You can use 1/4
tubing for sure, but 3/8 tubing holds its shape
better.
Never used a strike rail myself either.
Mike