Re: ~#24 guage wire for secondary?

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

My 15-60 TC has 31" of 24 plastic coated wire 0n 4 1/2 " pvc at 30 T/in that
only gives me 920 turns. I dont think your plan of 16.5" height will be
sufficent.That will be only 495 turns total.
      Robert  H

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> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:23:11 -0700
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> Subject: Re: ~#24 guage wire for secondary?
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>
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> Is this a good guage to get for a 15kV 60mA NST??
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> Yes, anything between 28-20 AWG shouldbe fine. I believe it hasbeen proven
> that
> more turns of smaller wire are better.
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>> Anyone know a good place to get a large roll, besides E-bay...I am
guessing I
>> would need between 800-1000 feet...does this sound right??
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> It depends on the secondary size, but you will probably need more than that,
> maybe 2000' or more
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>> Here is a plan I found on the internet for the same NST I have, sorry I
can't
>> give any credit 'cause I don't remember where I found it!
>> 
>> ...and also, what diameter PVC should I use??? doesn't 3-3/8 seem a bit
>> small??
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> Yes, I'm using 6" for my 12/60 coil, which is pushing it a little, but 6"
> would
> be good for a 15/60
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>> Secondary:
>> diameter 3-3/8"
>> winding height 16-1/2"
>> wire #24 stranded, plastic coated
>> turns/inch 30
>> wire length 133.3 meters
>> frequency ~560 kHz --- based on length in free space
>> ~540 kHz --- based on wire propagation factor
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jaime
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