Re: Secondary Wire Gauge

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Secondary Wire Gauge
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:13:47 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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In a message dated 4/19/00 6:04:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original Poster: "Joe Thuss" <jbthuss-at-execulink-dot-com> 
>  
>  What is a good rule of thumb when choosing the wire gauge to wind your
>  secondary with.
>  My power supply is a 9/30 NST and a 10/23 OBIT. For the secondary form 
size 
> I
>  am thinking something like 3.5" diameter and 15" long. Thanks in advance 
for
>  the help.
>  Simon

Simon,

I prefer to use thinner wire such as #28 wire.  This will generally
give a better spark output, better gap quenching, lower gap losses,
etc.  My latest coil is at:

    http://members.aol-dot-com/FutureT/TT-42index.html

Cheers,
John Freau

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