Re: Primary winding

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Primary winding
From: Alex Crow <user-at-alexcrow.clara-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 17:06:20 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Christopher

It looks like you got hard copper tubing by mistake - you need soft
copper for this job. You could soften this lot if you've got a furnace
to anneal ir (ie heat to redness, allow to cool slowly) or a blowtorch
and a lot of time. If you use wire use the thickest guage you can get.
4AWG is the thickest I've heard of.

Alex

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Christopher Michaelis <cmichael-at-xmission-dot-com>
>
> Hi --
>
> I'm trying to use 1/4" copper tubing as my primary coil, but it isn't
> working well. I can't get it to bend smoothly - it looks pitiful.
>
> Would it work to use some really thick copper wire? If so, what guage
> should I aim for?
>
> Thanks
>
> Christopher Michaelis
> cmichael-at-xmission-dot-com
>
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