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Re: Spiral coils?
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Spiral coils?
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From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
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Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 08:18:28 +1200
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Hi Mark,
Re your spiral driver...
> I am working on a magnifier using this very design. The driver I
> built consists of a flat 62 turn 16 gauge flat pancake (spiral)
> coil, and the primary is solenoidal in shape, constructed of 1/4
> inch tubing, wrapped on plastic sheets around the outer perimeter
> of the pancake driver.
How does a spiral with this length of wire compare with a close-wound
helix (of, say, aspect 1) using the same length of wire inductance-
wise?
Malcolm