Re: Advice on Primary

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Original poster: DGOODFELLOW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Just go to ebay item 3876713162 and place a bid. You can probably have them for
about the price of a bag of wire ties, and the seller is a nice guy :-)








Quoting Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> >Original poster: "Medina, Benjamin (UMR-Student)" <bamxbb@xxxxxxx>
> >I know this topic has already been discussed but I am still having doubts
> >when it comes to the winding of the copper tubing through the holes or
> >notches of the supports. So if someone could clear this up for me that
> >would be very much appreciated.
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> I'm sure that you will receive adequate indications on how to make
> a nice primary coil with copper tubing.
> But note that it's not necessary at all to use copper tubing to make
> a perfectly working primary coil. Given the huge losses in a spark
> gap, even a primary coil made with relatively thin wire will work in
> the same way. You will need instruments to see any difference from,
> say, #10 wire, in a not very large Tesla Coil.
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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