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Re: 24" (diameter) secondary



I'm just posting this again with a revised subject line




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Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 5:51 PM
Subject: 24" secondary


> Original poster: "David W" <Dav_W926-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Hi everyone,
> I recently discovered a piece of 24" white PVC pipe about 10+ feet long at
a
> local farm near me that I might be able to someday use.  however, I have
never
> wound a secondary that large in diameter before and I was wondering how I
would
> go about doing something like that.
>     Do I need to space wind it? what does spacewinding achieve, voltage
> insulation between turns?
>     What guage wire should I use (is 14g too lossy?)
>     And, should I wind it to around 1600 turns (John Freau? -- BTW, I have
> noticed that John frequently mentions that more turns seem to be more
> efficient, but no one else seems to acknowlege his claims or discuss
them...)
> with say a 5:1 aspect ratio or go for the traditional 900 or so turns?
>
> also, if I do spacewind it, what if tightwound insulated wire is used
instead
> of enameled wire to achieve the spaces?
>
> thank you all for your advice
> Dave
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