Re: New Guy / Primary Coil

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: New Guy / Primary Coil
From: Marius Grigoriu <compwiz-at-stratos-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 18:40:06 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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>From what information I've seen so far, 15 turns is about as many as you
will want to a primary coil.

Marius Grigoriu

On Tue, 11 May 1999, Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: "Walter Murray" <WaltMurray-at-classic.msn-dot-com> 
> 
>                      Original Poster: Greg Murray (waltmurray-at-msn-dot-com)
> 
> 
> Hi All, 
>          My name is Greg. I have been monitoring this list for a while,
and I 
> think I'm ready to build a
> Tesla Coil. This is my first attempt at actually building a Tesla Coil,
but I 
> have used them to
> teach people about Tesla in the Museum of Science, Boston (Home of the
world's 
> largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator) Anyway, I was thinking about 
> constructing my primary with 
> 25 or so turns of 10awg copper wire. Will  this work?, and if it does,
should 
> I use bare or insulated?, solid or stranded? (I was thinking about Essex 10 
> awg type THHN stranded) 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance, 
> Greg Murray 
> - Museum of Science, Boston 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>