Re: Inverse conical primary

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Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 5/9/04 1:39:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

>Original poster: "levi Mccann" <levimccann-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>I am a newbie, and I like to do my homework (probably overthoroughly).  I
>came across a problem however.  I am building a conical primary for my coil
>and have researched proper angles for this.  Right now I cut my material at
>45 degrees, but everywhere I look, people are saying don't go over a 30
>degree incline.
>
>Can somebody shed some light on this.  I do not want to go forward and
>mount my primary wire if I need a lesser slope.  What is a good angle and
>what determines this factor????
>
>Any help or suggestions would be great.
>
>--Levi......Keep throwing electricity!
>


Levi,

I used to use a 15 degree incline, but now I use flat primaries
and they work fine.  I don't see the need for any incline.  You'll
get enough coupling with a flat primary.

John