Re: thin wire

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/30/01 10:54:09 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< That suggests like 14 ga. wire (maybe 16 or 18 since there is a
<< large cooling surface).  The high power folks can, and should, confirm my
<<  numbers here but I think #26 wire may fry.
 
< <Cheers,
 
<<        Terry >>

Terry, Jason,

I would have to concur with you, Terry :-) My 10 kVA pole pig driven
coil's secondary is wound with # 16 wire and though I may could get
by with a someahat smaller gauge, I wouldn't think that # 26 would ever 
survive that much power. My max bang size runs around 10 to 12 joules 
and after prolonged high powered runs, the # 16 wire sometimes gets a
little warm to the touch near the bottom of the secondary coil, so I 
don't think that # 26 could ever stand up to this kind of punishment,
at least not for any more than a few seconds.

My $.02
Sparkin' in Memphis,
David Rieben