Re: Suicidal Secondary--Update

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

In a message dated 1/11/02 10:48:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> I'm sorry if I'm being a nuisance, but I am really at a loss here.   I
> can't see how many of you are able to crank 4 and 5 kVA into a 6 inch
> coil similar to mine (achieving sickeningly large sparks in the process
> :-))  What did I do wrong?

Winston,

Did you try reducing the coupling to about 0.1 or 0.09 or so?  I seem
to remember your secondary was 28" tall?  It's possible that your
28awg wire is a very low quality with very poor insulation? 

cheers,
John