Re: Wound secondarys

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Wound secondarys
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 23:14:57 -0700
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 98-11-26 06:30:25 EST, you write:

<< 
> Hi all. Ide like to as a personall opinion question if I could. So the
> more that respond the better. I was wondering if selling small 3.5"
> secondarys would go over well with new coilers. Im not doing this for
> the money I only want to do it because I have to buy a whole spool of
> #27 to make one coil for myself. Do you think theses small secondaries
> designed for tube coils will be sellable to the begining public? Im
> definatly not trying to pull a fast one on any body. I was thinking
> scanning my current secondary to show quality of my work would be the
> first step. Also does $10 - 15 sound reasonable? ALL input welcome on
> this.
>  Thanks,
> Philip Mac Duffie >>

Philip,

I would suggest making the secondary of a suitable size to be used for
both a tube coil or spark-gap coil.  There's no reason the two should
be different.  For instance I've used a 3" by 12" secondary wound with
#28 magnet wire for many tube and spark gap TC projects.  This way
you can sell to both types of coilers.  Since more folks are interested
in spark-gap TC's than tube TC's, this will more than double your market.
The price you mentioned seems reasonable for a nice secondary coil.
I think folks would buy them.  Make sure the quality is high.
3.5" diameter with #27 wire is fine too. 
You can advertize on the Tesla 2 list too.  Give a full description of
the design of the secondary in the ad.  I've gotten up to 20" sparks
from a tube coil from the 3" by 12" secondary, and 21" sparks
or longer from the spark gap coil using the same secondary.

John Freau