Re: New Coil?

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Original poster: "Marry Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Hi John.

	I'm sorry that I haven't tried your suggestion.  I know you've been
standing by it since my first post.  It may very well be a good
solution.  There are 3 reasons that I have not used your approach. 
First, I got the last piece of 6 inch PVC that my local hardware store
had, and used all but a couple inches.  Second, I don't have enough wire
to wind another section of PVC.  Third, with all the epoxying (sp?) and
sealing I've done on my secondary, it would be easier just to wind a
longer secondary (when I get the parts).  Thanks for your help.  I will
incorporate your suggestion into my next secondary.  Instead of 28", I'm
thinking of 33" to 36" on a 6 inch form (or is that TOO tall?).

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 2/6/02 7:50:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
> 
> Winston,
> 
> It would have been interesting to see if adding an 8" extension
> to teh top of your secondary helped.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 
> >
> > but it appears my coil is hopeless at over 1.8kVA :-(.
> > >
> > >     Anyway, I've had it with this coil.  As most of you who read the
> > > "Suicidal Secondary" post can agree with, it was badly designed.  I'm
> > > still disturbed that I can't figure out the racing spark problem
> > > enirely, but I want to build a new coil anyway.
> > >