RE: Questions on coil secs

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

Hi Jol

I would use whichever PVC pipe has the thinner wall. If both have the same
wall thickness, then my personal choice would be the 6" pipe. Whether you
use the 4.5" or 6" pipe, it makes little difference in regard to your power
supply. My choice of wire would be 24 or 22 awg magnet wire. I don't know a
good estimate for the number of wine bottles needed for a tank cap. 

You should be safe from electric shock. Remember that there is never any
need to get intimately close to the power supply while a tesla coil is
operating. Checkout the safety lessons at http://www.pupman-dot-com.

Godfrey Loudner  

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> Sent:	Friday, March 15, 2002 4:57 PM
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> Subject:	Questions on coil secs
> 
> Original poster: "jol degroff by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <joldegraff-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> 
> 	I have been trying to make a low cost coil for about a year now and
> at 
> first used an ignition coil because of the fear of getting shocked and 
> killed by an nst but have overcome that fear and have moved into the 
> wonderful world of nsts.
> 	Anyway I got a 12000 volt 30ma nst from a local sign shop for free
> (yeah) 
> And have a few questions.  First of all I went to home depot to pick up
> some 
> 12 awg copper solid wire for a primary and happened to be in the section 
> with pvc/abs pipe and found a abs pipe that cost $14 had a diameter of 6" 
> and 24" long. I was wondering if this would make a better secondary than
> my 
> 4.5" X 24" abs pipe if so what awg magnet wire would I need how much of it
> 
> and about how many wine bottle caps would I need (just a rough estimate)
> 
> 
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