Re: coupling

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I'll third the bad coupling.. ;)

My primary is 12 turns of 1/4" copper tubing, 1/2" between
turns (3/4" center to center).. nearly 3 1/2 - 4" between
innermost turn of primary and secondary.. I need to rework
my design... (or just wind a bigger secondary.. )

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 4/9/02 3:56:06 AM Eastern Daylight
> Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> 
> 
> >
> > > I think I have poor coupling.
> > >
> > > I have 1/4 inch copper tubing primary.  3/4" inside
> to inside spacing so
> > > 1" center to center.
> > > and 2" between innermost turn and primary.
> > > What do some of yall run?
> 
> 
> 
> Hello everyone, I think my coupling is bad too,
> 
> 6" sec.
> .25" Cu Pipe .25" between turns
> 2" between the pri & sec coils.
> My secondary is level with the primary coil, and it can
> only go up.
> 
> Is there anything else I can do to increase the coupling?
> ---------------------------------------
> Jonathon Reinhart
> hot-streamer-dot-com/jonathon
> 
>