Re: 18 AWG Magnet wire.

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: 18 AWG Magnet wire.
• From: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 17:14:02 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 5/25/99 2:47:52 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> Hi All,
>  
>  I recently came across 65 pounds of 18 awg gauge magnet wire for free! 
Would 
> 
>  this be any 
>  good for building a Tesla secondary ? Can I increase the diameter of the 
>  secondary to
>  offset the large size of the magnet wire? I'd like to be able to use the 
> wire 
>  if I can.
>  
>  Regards, 
>                Greg Murray
>       
It will work great for a larger coil.  I would guess that a 10 to 12 diam. 
coil would be about right for that size wire to get plenty of turns and keep 
a good height to diameter ratio.  Just to give you an idea, a 10 inch 
diameter coil with 40 inches of turns would give you about 920 turns.  A 12 
inch coil with 48 inches of turns would be around 1100 turns.  
 
Mike

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