RE: mini-tc charmed

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Original poster: "brianb by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brianb-at-antelecom-dot-net>

Matt,

Uh oh!

    "the ends of the pvc have been sanded down and wrapped with aluminum tape
     to which the wire connects to"

If you wrapped the Al foil tape all the way around the secondary (especially
at the bottom, then you have created a shorted turn and it's probably
robbing your power. Cut a section out of the tape so it doesn't make a
complete turn and try it again.

Regards,
Brian B.

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Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:39 AM
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Subject: mini-tc charmed


Original poster: "Matt Skidmore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<fox-at-woozle-dot-org>

I finally got a temperary rig of my mini-tc working. im so happy. my first
run last night didnt produce any results. heres some specs

secondary
1 15/16" outer diam
9.5" wound
30 gauge magwire
pvc with a smooth-as-glass epoxy coat
the ends of the pvc have been sanded down and wrapped with aluminum tape
to which the wire connects to. i then have end caps that have aluminum
tape that contacts the secondary.
final design

primary
12 gauge house wire
3" inner diam
1/4" spacing
tapped a bit after the second turn
temp rig

transformer
4000v at 30 ma

cap
glass caps made by plastic capacitor
3000v at .1 uf
had 2 in series for .05 uf with no results
now have 4 in series for .025 uf close to ltr


i was getting 3"+ out of it.. multiple streamers off a tinfoil ball. im
pleased. hopefully ill get some pics of it soon along with a new primary.
then ill put it all together in one rig. also the caps work fairly well,
only getting a bit warm.

-Fox