Re: TANK CIRCIUT AND PRIMARY CONDUCTOR CHOICES

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: TANK CIRCIUT AND PRIMARY CONDUCTOR CHOICES
From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:21:47 -0600
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi Mike,

> Original Poster: CHURCHMON-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> Hello fellow coilers,I have a question reguarding conductor choices in both 
> the tank circuitry and the primary coil. Hopefully somone on the (tesla
list) 
> can help .So far I have seen flat strap,ref. tubing ,and heavy guage 
> wire.Which would give the best performance?
> 
>  Currently,I have a 8"x 28" coil powered by two 15/60's with a vertically 
> stacked cap.(.027uf) and a series gap. The coil itself has 16 gauge wire on 
> the secondary and the freq. is(234khz. loaded) with a 6"x 20" toroid.The 
> primary is a flat sprial made of 1/2" ref. tubing (11 turns tapped at the
6th 
> turn).
> 
> So far max.spark is 42" and I think there is  more potential. There must be 
> some info. dealing with the certian size of  conductors and the dia.of the 
> material used depending upon power,volts,current and coupling 
> characteristics. I am  planning on using either 1/4",3/8,"or 1/2" dia. 
> tubing.Any help is appreciated.

I agree you can do far better with those transformers. See the 
current discussion on NSTs and capacitors and gaps. IMO the toroid 
could be considerably larger and so could the primary cap. Then there 
is the coupling to vary as well.

Malcolm