Re: My Secondary

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Subject: Re: My Secondary
From: harriman-at-metrolink-dot-net (harriman)
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 21:02:23 -0400
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>From: "Scott M. White" <smw12-at-po.cwru.edu>
>Subject: My Secondary
>
>Hi,
>I've been lurking a while learning about Telsa coils but unfortunately I had
>already finished my secondary when I actually learned what I should be
>doing. I had slighly more entusiasm than brains and so I wrapped the coil
>around a 4' long cardboard tube with 8.5" diameter. I did not paint it with
>any kind of finish to make it more of an insulator. I also made a rather
>larger mistake in using (and this is the kicker!) #34 wire. So now I have a
>4' long 7000 wind inductor and I was wondering if there is any way to make a
>working tesla coil out of this or do I just have a big piece of junk. Any
>suggestions would be grealy appreciated.
>
>Scott White
>
>

keep it in oil!