Re: primary coil a little wavy?

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi,

I did the same thing with my first coil.

If anything, it will affect the inductance
of the primary coil, but as long as it's
not too far off then it shouldn't hurt.
(You'll have to play with the tap a little bit.)

Take a look at this site for a truely
amazing primary design:

http://www.angelfire-dot-com/80s/sixmhz/trashy.html



--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Adam Britt by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <beans45601-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 >
 > I just finished making my primary coil. I just used
 > some strips of lexan
 > and drilled 1/4 in holes in them, and used a bandsaw
 > to cut two lines to
 > the holes (so that the pipe can snap in). Well, i
 > have just snapped my
 > copper tubing in and the wire on my coil is wavy.
 > The waves are there
 > because i had to hammer the pipe into my lexan
 > slots, so the waves go down,
 > then back up to the hole. Is this going to affect
 > the output of my coil?
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Adam
 >
 >