Secondary coil diameter

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• Subject: Secondary coil diameter
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 20:40:15 -0500
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

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From:  Gottfrid Svartholm [SMTP:wargen-at-hem1.passagen.se]
Sent:  Tuesday, August 11, 1998 8:54 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Secondary coil diameter

Tesla List wrote:
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> From:  D.C. Cox [SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
> Sent:  Monday, August 10, 1998 4:50 PM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: Secondary coil diameter
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> to: Gottfrid
> 
> Your real limiting factor here is the 45 ma charging current for the caps
> which means you can only run approx .004 MFD of capacitance in the primary
> tank circuit and this also means your sec. terminal can not be very large.
> Would suggest a 3 or 4 inch dia sec coil with approx 800-900 turns of #28
* AWG.  Use 2-3 series primary gaps with a small blower (150 CFM).


The problem here is that I have a large supply of AWG 22 wire and thus
wants to use it instead. Hopefully i will get decent sparks anyway, or?

//Gottfrid
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> DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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