Re: Capacitor Help

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Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> Original poster: "Rich" <rdjmgmt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Malcolm , good looking start on your coil. With 1/4 soft tubing you
> might use a couple more forms to help support and hold you tube. You can
> "tack" things in place with a dab of hot melt glue as you go. The next
> time you make a form e-mail me direct and I will send you a step by step
> way of making the coil forms that will hold the tube in place.
>
> Rich, from the middle of Missouri.
> e-mail rdjmgmt@xxxxxxxxxx

Hot glue hey.  Hahahaha my wife will get a kick out of that.  She uses it on
just about everything.  She's like the hot glue queen and I laugh at her now
I have to go ask to use it LOL.  It's a good idea though.  I will use more
supports next time too.  I may end up remaking the primary support depending
on how things pan out.  If you have step by step instructions I'd love to
see them for ideas.

Thanks
Malcolm


> Subject: Re: Capacitor Help
>
> Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I started making my primary.  I'll give a link to a picture below.  It's
> made from 25 feet of 1/4" ice maker copper tubing.  There are 7 full
> turns
> and a little more on the sides.  As you can see in the pic the overall
> diameter is about 17 ~ 18" depending on where you measure.  Inside
> diameter
> starts around 6 ~ 7".
> The wire I've ordered for the secondary is 17 AWG (1.3 lbs on the way).
> My
> PVC is 4" diameter.
> When winding my secondary should I pay more attention to counting turns
> or
> more attention as to how far up the PVC the windings go?  Someone had
> mentioned about 18", others have said 1300 to 1500 windings.  Now that
> you
> see my primary and have more information what do you guys recommend?
> Thanks
> :)
>
> Oh and this pic is after spending some time bending the tubing, it's not
> fastened down yet, just loosely laying there so it looks a little
> sloppy.  I
> must say I have great respect for you guys that have such perfect
> looking
> primary's.  How on earth do you guys bend them up so neatly?
>
> http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/7.jpg
>
> Thanks
> Malcolm
>
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