Re: 14kt gold-plated secondary

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Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes, it's cheaper, but wouldn't brass result in a much
lower Q factor?  If not, it might be interesting to
try it.  That's still 6 x $16.xx (= ~$100) for a coil
with just over 500 turns...maybe the low turn count
would make the higher resistivity less of an issue?
My intuition is probably failing me here :)

Aaron

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz"
> <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Tesla list wrote:
> >Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes"
> <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >The Slinky folks have started selling a
> "collector's
> >edition" slinky toy.  It's 14kt gold-plated!
> Somebody
> >with a lot of disposable income ought to snag half
> a
> >dozen of these, stretch them out just a little,
> soak
> >them in polyurethane, then stack them to form a TC
> >secondary :-D  Sure would look spiffy...
>
>http://poof-slinky.com/catalog/catalog.asp?org=3&action=catv&catid=32
> This one is less expensive ;) :
>
http://poof-slinky.com/catalog/catalog.asp?org=3&prodid=22&catid=32&start=1&action=prov&;
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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