Re: New coiler- but with other experiences in electronics

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

At 01:43 PM 10/14/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi, I've got some worries for the 4" coil I am building.  I dropped the
>coil on the way to the laquering table, and some of the turns of wire got
>bunched up. Is that all right? I have already  started laquering, but I
>hope it will not be a problem.

You may want to put that part at the top of the coil.  It sort of depends
on how bad it is but I would not get too excited yet.  You may end up
cutting that part off but give the coil a try at low power first.

>ALso, not that I am, but why can't you wire the coil on a metal form? I
>do not see what the problem is.

The voltage between the top and bottom of the coil may be like 350,000
volts.  A metal form would be a dead short.  No insulation coil stop it
from arcing in such direct contact.  

>
>By the way, the form I am using for the toroid center is an old
>(smallish) bike wheel. It holds up much better than pie pans.

They work good I have heard but I hav never tried it.  I didn't have a
spare bike wheel :-)

Cheers,

	Terry

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