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Re: adjustable secondary?




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Subject: adjustable secondary?


> Original Poster: "Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk>
>
> In my current coil-build I'm endeavouring to make as many
> parameters as possible adjustable (not necessarily while it's
> running !), and I'm wondering if it's possible to make an
> adjustable secondary coil, with a sliding tap.
> I was thinking about putting it at the bottom, grounded end,
> where situation is high-current/low voltage. The slider would
> have an adjustment range of perhaps 50 turns. The enamel
> coat would be scraped off by it only at the point of contact,
> and to prevent flashover across the turns, even at this low
> voltage end, the turns could be spaced more openly in this
> region.
> Would this option be worth pursuing ?
> Richard Barton
>
>
Hello Richard,
I don't think making the secondary tunable would worth doing because if you
change the inductance of the secondary you will have to make a adjustment to
the primary inorder to keep the coil in tune.

Kevin dalpe