Re: >> Subject: First post: Fluorescent lighting

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Subject: Re: >> Subject: First post: Fluorescent lighting
From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 19:00:35 -0700

You wrote: 

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>The "mini" Tesla coil was fabricated using wirewrap wire.  A number of 
>spiral coils were formed on 2" square pieces of duct tape (to hold the 
>windings together).  One of these coils served as a primary.  10 
>additional coils served as the secondary.  The secondary coils were 
>connected in series (center point connected to the peripheral 
>connection of the next winding), with the peripheral connection of the 
>first secondary winding connected to the periphery of the primary 
>winding.  All of the windings were stacked vertically on top of one 
>another to maximize coupling.  The entire transformer was about 1-1/4 
>inches in diameter and about 3/8 to 1/2 inch in height (duct tape 
>included).  A greater turns ratio could be obtained by using thicker 
>wire on the primary (fewer turns).  I was also able to fabricate a 
>transformer similar to this using printed circuit board material.  
>This model also worked fine, but it burned up when I tried to 
>light 4 - 40 watt lamps at once.  I fabricated this PC board prototype 
>by hand, and had to patch the etch with a silver conductive ink pen, 
>so it was not a very good transformer.  With proper PCB manufacturing 
>processes, this implementation would likely work quite well.

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>
>Phil
>

Phil,

What kind of oscillator and driver do you use with your "mini" TC?

RWW