Re: idea for coil

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

On 17 Jul 01, at 7:59, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>       Hi i would like everyones opinion and input on a idea i had im not 
> sure if anyone else has tried it but if i was to construct a marx genorator 
> with an out put of  500-800 kv and used that to power a coil with 1800 turns 
> of 26 awg wire on the secondary and 11 or so turns of 1/2 copper tubing as 
> the primarry with the primary set in its shape i will encase it in up to 2 
> inches of melted plastic to provide insulation.. would this work or am i 
> going totally nuts? any comments or sugestions?

I suggest you start with something far less ambitious. It is clear 
that you haven't considered the recharge time of a Marx bank. Use a 
NST transformer and get familiar with coiling first is my advice. 
Your proposed Marx bank would probably generate a higher output 
voltage than the coil its supposed to run.

Malcolm