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RE: Winding Primaries (fwd)



Original poster: Tesla List Moderator <mod1-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>



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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 17:12:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
To: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: RE: Winding Primaries (fwd)

Don't "take a hammer to your primary", I wound mine
into eight 1/2" lexan supports with holes - not slots
-and mine worked fine. I have nearly 20 turns of 1/4"
tubing and it took less than two hours, if I recall.
You can see it at
www.geocities-dot-com/yurtle_t/tesla/primary.htm

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: Tesla List Moderator
> <mod1-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 
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> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:08:07 -0500 
> From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> To: 'Tesla list' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: RE: Winding Primaries (fwd)
> 
> The problem is that you drilled holes for the
> tubing, rather than slots.
> You'll likely take a hammer to your primary before
> you finish if you try to
> thread the entire length of the tubing through all
> of those holes.  Instead,
> the primary supports should have 1/4" (or whatever)
> slots drilled or milled
> along the edge, so that the tubing just pops in. 
> Then have a piece of Lexan
> or acrylic screwed to the slotted edge (with nylon
> screws) to hold the
> windings in place.  See illustration on my web site
> at:
> http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/primary.htm
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA

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Adam Minchey
yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com
www.geocities-dot-com/yurtle_t/index.htm

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