RE: Secondary wire AWG

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


I typically use from 20AWG to 30AWG on my coils.  The 30AWG limit is
used is mostly because of ease of working with
wire.  Above 30AWG, i find it gets exponentially increasingly difficult
to wind coils.

Here are some example coils and the wire diameters I've used:

My largest coil, 10" x 46" uses 20 AWG wire.
My smallest coil using a 4kV/32mA NST uses 30 AWG wire.
Most of my coils (especially the SSTCs, VTTCs, etc...) use around 24-26
AWG.

Dan


 > I know that the total number of turns is taken into
 > consideration when
 > choosing the awg for the wire used on a secondary.
 > I have also seen that the currents can be high at the base of the
 > secondary.  That makes me think a larger wire size should be
 > used to help
 > handle the currents.
 >
 > Any input on what would be too small or too big for a wire
 > size on a secondary?
 >
 > Luke Galyan
 > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
 >
 >
 >
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