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Re: Pri/Sec coiling
At 10:25 PM 2/3/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com Mon Feb 3 21:52:00 1997
>Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 19:56:10 -0500 (EST)
>From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Pri/Sec coiling
>
>In a message dated 97-02-02 22:51:27 EST, you write:
>
><< Hi All,
>
> I'm going to ask perhaps a silly and obvious answered question, but when
> winding your primary and secondary, are the windings in the same direction?
>
> ie, wind both sec and pri in a clock-wise direction?
>
> I should be able to derive this from 1st principles of electromagnetic
> induction, but can't seem to picture it too well.
>
> The reason why I ask this is that in TC circuit diagrams, the coils (if I
> am correct) are back-to-back w.r.t the primary and secondary coils. I
> interperate this as being that the coils are wound in opposite directions
> to each other.???
>
> Then again, this whole idea mightn't really matter...
> Anyway, my puzzling thought for the day...
>
> Ideas, flames, corrections welcome...
>
> Thanks guys!
> Catchya later!
>
> Rod
> >>
>Rod,
>
>I wound the primary and secondary in the same direction on my 6" coil.
> Richard Quick later told me it makes no difference. On my recent 3" coil, I
>didn't even think about it.
>
>Ed Sonderman
Rod and Ed,
On my 4 inch coil I ended up with the primary and secondary wound
in opposite directions. Didn't plan it that way, it just happended.
Makes no difference. Works just fine.
Mike Hammer
mhammer-at-misslink-dot-net