Re: AWG of Secondary Vs NST Size

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Original poster: "Jason Johnson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I don't think that you'll have any problem with 28 guage wire with a 15/60.
I run 28 guage wire on my secondary with two MOTs at around 2KVA, with no
problems whatsoever. You'll want to watch out for racing arcs etc. because
they will melt your wire over time, and this could happen regardless of 28
guage, 26 guage or 24 guage wire. I'd use whatever wire you have that will
give you ~1600 turns on your secondary form. This is also not a critical
value and in my experience wire 3-4 guages apart will give about the same
performance on the same coil w/ similar sized secondaries.

Jason Johnson
G-1 #1129

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Subject: AWG of Secondary Vs NST Size


> Original poster: "Matt Segal by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> If I'm running a 15/60 as my power source, would AWG 28 work on a
secondary? Or
> would it overheat/melt the insulation/or some other problem like that?
Should I
> run AWG 26 or AWG 24 instead? Please let me know ASAP.
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> ~Matt Segal
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