Re: 12" Secondary?

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>
>
> 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)
>
> BTW - Are there any coilers out there from Houston?
>
> Mark Stolz
> Houston, TX

Hi Mark ...

I would say the minimum power to drive a coil of that size ( 12.5" sec)
would be a 14.4KV  5KVA piggie.

Im using a 30KV 20KVA piggie to drive a coil of approximately the same size
and I feel that I could put
even more power into it before it goes into convulsions ;) .


Scot D