Re: primary clip questions

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Adam,

My 4" coil uses flatcopper ribbon for the primary.  The clip for tapping 
the coil was made from some brass shim stock folded in half.
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org/~mark.stolz/4inch/4inch.html


Mark Stolz
Houston, TX
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org/


>Original poster: "Adam Britt by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><beans45601-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
>
>On my current systen, i am using a 12/120 nst, a .037 UF cap from the geek 
>group, and 1/4 in copper tubing on my primary. When i run my coil for 
>about 30 seconds, clip on my primary starts to get warm. Normally, i would 
>just think that i need a bigger clip/wire/all that other stuff. But, i am 
>using 1/4 in tubing on my primary, and all primary connections use 8 guage 
>wire. The clip i have now is about 2 inches long and 3/4 in wide. do you 
>think its too small? I have another question, when you start using the 
>flat sheet for your primary, how do you go about taping the outer tap? Do 
>you use a clip? if so, what kind?
>
>Thanks
>Adam
>KD5WIT
>