Re: what is the best wire size to use?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 12/28/00 6:25:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> 
>  Previously i was under the impression that the thicker
>  the wire the better for a secondary coil, as long as
>  you could get around 1000 turns on the coil form.
>  Recently, both my friend john and I made secondaries
>  on identical formers. He used 28swg wire, and i used
>  24. when no topload was being used, his performs
>  better than mine by around 5cm of arcing distance.

Chris,

I've found that thinner wire is best also.  About 1600 turns.
I've done some work on this.  More info at my website at:

     http://hometown.aol-dot-com/futuret/page3.html

click on the theory link.

John Freau