Re: Secondary wire.

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Secondary wire.
From: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 19:15:14 -0700
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Charles Arruda" <carruda-at-channelseek-dot-com>
> 
> Has anyone ever tried "litz" magnet wire for their secondary?
> Sounds like it might increase power-transfer from the primary
> and reduce loss from corona on the surface.

	About 15 years ago I wound a 5.25" dia x 18" long coil with litz wire,
equivalent to about #26 solid.  The results were disappointing, not
worth the investment of such a large piece of my spool of litz. 
Although some of the "big boys" may disagree, I am pretty sure that the
Q of the secondary is of minor importance, because the losses in the
streamers are much greater than the losses in the wire.  The Q was about
300 at a frequency of 360 kHz, but the loaded Q was obviously much less.

Ed