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Re: first big coil design[sec. form?]
Hi Tristan,
My coil is 12.5" x 34" pig powered. I can tell you this is really too
short. I think you will be better off keeping your coil length 4 or 5 times
the diameter, so at 10.5", you'll want it 40 or 50 inches tall. I will be
winding another secondary for my 2-coil system, but my secondary above may
make a good driver for a 3-coil system.
Just some thoughts,
Bart
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Mad Coiler" <tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> List,
>
> I am starting to design my first 'big' coil for my new 10kVA pig. I have
> just started thinking about it and the first thing for me to consider is
> the secondary coil. I have hopefully a good candidate. I *barrowed* a
> garbage can from work. It appears to be some kinda plastic, almost a
> fibre appearence, about 1/4" think. One is 10.5" diameter by about 22"
> tall. Will this work for a coil form - its pretty clean. If so, I figure
> this is kinda short. Would it be beneficial to try to get another and go
> for 10.5" x 44" ? If so, what gauge wire would be good - #16, #18 ...? I
> would probably be running the thing at a max of 10kVA. I'll work on one
> thing at a time so my questions wont be premature.
>
> Thanks,
> Tristan Stewart, KC2EBM
>
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