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Old 06-20-2009, 03:32 PM
n84dafun n84dafun is offline
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@Karl

Thanks for the info.

I'll definitely use aluminum first. Copper is way too expensive right now.

Brian

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Originally Posted by Karl_Palsness View Post
I have only played with this hairpin. I have only used these caps, but you should be fine with your setup. Just remember to be careful. With any setup you need to test and see if the device is safe to touch. You are overrating your caps like I did so that is a good start. I have used Aluminum instead of copper and had great results. Aluminum is much cheaper so I can recommend that. I just left mine in Copper as it is a tribute to tesla...and wanted to keep it as close as tesla had. Build safe,

Karl
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