Re: Tuning Troubles

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


Its not the length of the wire.  Its the length of the "windings" of the
secondary.
For example, a 10" secondary coil with 50" worth of windings would be a 5:1
aspect ratio.  Of course, the secondary wire itself is probably on the order
of 1000's of times longer than
the diameter of the secondary.

The Captain


 > Wizzard,
 > The "length of secondary wire" doesn't make sense to me... from the pics
it
 > looks like the secondary coil length might be more than the
 > typically-recommended 5:1 max length/diameter ratio.  Could you clarify?
 > Dwight.
 >
 >  > -----Original Message-----
 >  > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 >  > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 10:02 PM
 >  > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >  > Subject: Tuning Troubles
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "WIZZARD . by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pbobyk-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 > <snip>
 >
 >  > Length of Secondary Wire (FT)
 >  > 27.1000
 >
 > <snip>
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