Re: flat coil ?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/23/02 8:19:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:



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> Hey all,
>
> I am just about to build a large flat secondary coil.  The wire length will
> be 2000ft, the wire dia is 1.6mm. I *think* this will be 500 turns at about
> 4foot dia.  Anyone got any ideas if that sounds about righ before I wind the
> thing ?
>
> Thanks,
> chris
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>
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>



Hi Chris,
Just doing a quick calc shows 500t of 1.6mm wire will be about 2000 ft long,
but the radius of the coil will be close to 31.5"
Matt D.
G5-#12
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