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Re: 2533 turn secondary



Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx

In a message dated 5/4/05 1:53:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


Hi all,
   I'm getting ready to wind a 8.5" x 38" secondary.
It will have about 2533 turns of #28 wire.

   Is there any down side to this many turns?

Any feedback before I start winding?
                      Mike


Mike,

I think about 1500 turns of a thicker wire would
perform better if this is a normal spark gap coil.
I think the resistance will be somewhat high for
your design.  I've heard talk about good performing
coils with such a large number of turns, but my
own experiments suggest otherwise.  I didn't really
do a lot of research in this area however.  I strongly
doubt that it would outperform a 1500 turn coil that
uses thicker wire.

Cheers,
John