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Re: toroid



Subject:    Re: toroid
      Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 21:04:22 -0800
      From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
        To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Kenneth Aaron wrote:

> Has anyone tried using the inner tube of a tire as a toroid ?
> the rubber should conduct (at such high voltages) ....


The rubber may conduct, but with a resistive loss of I^2*R!
                          *pop*

I am presently building a toroid using an 1800/R49 innertube
as the supporting form, with a flexible latticework of 1/16"
aircraft cable weaved around the outer surface.  The feature
size of the mesh will be about 1.5".  The finished size of 
the toroid should be about 25" x 96".


-GL