Re: 2 wires

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: 2 wires
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 23:06:23 -0600
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Subject: 
           Re: 2 wires
      Date: 
           Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:09:14 EST
      From: 
           wb8jkr-at-juno-dot-com (Mark S Graalman)
        To: 
           tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 00:36:00 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Subject: 
>        2 wires
>  Date: 
>        Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:11:28 -0800
>  From: 
>        Gary Weaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>    To: 
>        tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>I just talked to a friend that is a Professor at the local University. 
>
>He said he had a student that built a Tesla Coil as a class
>project a few years ago.  The student wound the secondary coil with 2
>wires in parallel.  The wires were #24 solded together
>at both ends and both wound on the PVC pipe together side by side.
>
>#24 wire is .0201 diameter.  This would be equal in width to #18 wire
>.043 diameter.  Two #24 wires in parallel would be
>equal to one #21 wire in circular mil area.  Two #24 wires in parallel
>would be equal to one #21 in wire resistance.  Within less
>than 1%.
>
>Has anyone tried this?
>
>This would make the coil longer and may be a disadvantage because of 
>the
>diameter to length ratio.
>
>This gives me an idea.  What if I were to wind a coil with #24 wire 
>then
>wind another coil right over the 1st coil and connect
>them both in parallel.  This would make the diameter to length ratio
>smaller.  
>
>Has anyone tried this or know if will work?
>
>Gary Weaver
>
>

   Yep, I've done it, it works, but its no advantage over using the
equivalent single wire size.

                Mark Graalman