Re: 18 AWG Magnet wire.******

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• Subject: Re: 18 AWG Magnet wire.******
• From: gweaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:00:50 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

18 AWG wire will be great for a large coil.  A 42" tall secondary coil will
have 990 turns of wire.  Perfect for a 15" diameter PVC pipe.  With about
10KW to 12KW input you should get arcs about 14' to 15' long.

I suggest you save the #18 wire for a larger coil. 

Get some #24 wire at a motor repair shop and build a 4" coil.  After you get
some experience building a small coil then think about building a larger
coil.  Next build a 6" or 8" coil, then after that use the #18 wire to build
a 15" coil.

Gary Weaver



At 06:49 AM 5/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Walter Murray" <WaltMurray-at-classic.msn-dot-com> 
>
>Original Poster: Greg Murray (waltmurray-at-msn-dot-com)
>
>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 ? I was planning 
>on making a 4in. diameter 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
>                            
>                                            -Museum of Science, Boston
>
>
>
>
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