Re: Old questions, new free time

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>



YMMV, but I would not use either setup. There's a long way from simple 
bell-wire (same thing as Thermostat wire) to high-temp magnet wire. Also, 
the insulation is a LOT thicker, less TPI.

duck




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>Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Thanks for all the help!
>
>I thought of another question concerning wire:
>
>   I can get twisted pair thermostat wire (24 ga) in about
>600 ft rolls.. they only problem is that the wire is
>twisted together.. is it possible to wind a secondary with
>the wires twisted together, or would I be better off to
>untwist them and just use a single wire?
>
>Ben McMillen
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> > Tesla list wrote:
> > >
> > > Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> > >
> > > Hi Ben,
> > >
> > > At 07:49 PM 12/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Hi all,
> > > >  I know some of these questions may have been asked
> > > >before, but I just got about 2 weeks free time to work
> > on
> > > >TC stuff (no classes till janruary ;) ) so here goes:
> > > >
> > > >Is it possible to run an NST on 220 instead of 110? I
> > think
> > > >I remember ppl doing this because it drew less
> > current..
> > >
> > > If you have twice the voltage, you can use 1/2 the
> > current to get the same
> > > power...
> >
> > 	You can't run a 120V NST on 220V!  (Actually you can,
> > because it's
> > yours,  but it won't take long for the smoke to leak
> > out.)  You can use
> > two identical 120V transformers on 220V if you connect
> > the primaries in
> > series and the secondaries on parallel, making sure the
> > phasing is
> > correct.
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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