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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Coil Length
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From: richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org (Richard Quick)
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Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 03:33:00 GMT
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Quoting Alan.Jones-at-kaboodle.is-dot-net (Alan Jones):
> I have read in several places that a coil should be wound with
> between 800-1000 turns. And I have read about diameter-to-
> height ratios.
This is good info.
> And then I see a picture of a coil 2 ft. across and looks like
> slightly over 3 ft. tall. And they say it puts out 10 ft.
> discharges with 750 close turns of 22 gauge wire. I am
> completely confused now.
What is the source of this info? Are you 100% sure it is
reliable?
> I was thinking about winding one on a 6 inch pvc form with 24
> gauge wire. I wanted to use the 24 gauge simply because I
> already have it, along with a section of 6 inch pvc.
Go for it!
> But to wind on the 6 inch pvc (which is 6.625 inches o.d.) I
> would need to wind 26.5 inches if I follow the diameter-to-
> height standard of 4:1 and that would be 1227 turns. What if I
> did wind one like this? Would it work right or should it just
> be wound up to 1000 turns, about 21.5 inches, and then stopped?
Wind about 1000 turns on it.
Richard Quick
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