Re: 12" Secondary?

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Original poster: "christopher carsten by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ctom-at-toast-dot-net>

I use a 12" concrete form for my secondary  with 24 gauge insulated wire 
about 24" long (18" wound). I use 2 12/30's in parallel and get descent
results but I am still experimenting as I only get 20" sparks and have a dry
plate glass cap. the wire is plastic insulated so I have a lot of
capacitance built in to the secondary. this may be the reason for my lack of
really great results, hope this helps and I look foreward to other's
comments as well.
Chris
Toledo

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>Subject: 12" Secondary?
>Date: Fri, Apr 27, 2001, 2:07 PM
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> Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>
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> Hi All!
>
> I just recently got a 5' piece of 12" diameter(actually 12.5") PVC pipe.
> I'm in the process of building my first TC, which will have a 2.5" secondary
> wound with 30AWG magnet wire.  I believe 30AWG would be too small for this
> 12" tube and was thinking more like 20AWG for it.  My question is, will my
> 15/30 NST be enough to drive this?  Or do I need more power? R-R-R (think
> Tim Allen)
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> BTW - Are there any coilers out there from Houston?
>
> Mark Stolz
> Houston, TX
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