RE: Secondary wire AWG

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com> 


Luke,

Along with the number of turns, you also need to through the secondary's 
diameter size into the mix.  Using a 30AWG would be just fine for a 2" 
diameter coil but would be far to small for a 10" diameter coil.  As others 
have stated it's kind of a balance between inductance and resistance.

Mark Stolz
Pearland, TX
http://teslacoils4christ-dot-org


>Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
>
>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