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Re: Secondary winding direction



Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



For classic TC design the windings do NOT need to be phased.

For third coil (magnifier) designs so experimenters recommending the coils
be phased, ie, wound in the same direction.

Dr. Resonance

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> I have a very basic Tesla Coil question. Does the primary and the
secondary
> need to be wrapped in the same direction? If so how is this determined?
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> A friend of mine and myself have been working on our first coil for about
a
> year now and we read somewhere the primary and the secondary needed to be
> wound in the same direction.
>
> Other than by calculation is there anyway to measure the frequency of the
> secondary directly. I do not have an Oscilloscope.
>
> Thanks Guys,
> Jim B
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