Re: transformer theory q

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Original poster: "Finn Hammer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <f-hammer-at-post5.tele.dk>

Davep and all!

It was my hope that the contest would have revealed, that these windings
were only ment as a test winding to determine the right amount of
primary turns. _ANY_ kind of wire will do for that task, and save on the
budget, instead of winding it with the thick wire, at a time where it
has not yet been determined how many turns it takes, and therefore the
thickness cannot be decided upon yet,

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
> 
> (belatedly....)
> 
> > Calculating the primary turns is all right, but nothing beats actually
> > testing it: Get a ballpark number by calculating, then wind that number
> > of turns with _any_ kind of wire you have laying around.
> 
>         I gently suggest not using too small a wire, even if it
>         IS 'lying around'.  It will overheat and fail,
>         possibly spectacularly...
> 
>         best
>         dwp