Re: wintesla vs teslamap

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Original poster: Slurp812 <slurp812@xxxxxxxxx>

Oh I plan on it, I used to work at a radio shop, I know they have a 
cap meter somwhere!
Just gotta call e few old friends :)


On 10/6/06, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: "resonance" < 
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Why not take a few measurements?   Most local tech colleges with
Electronics courses and any university would have a cap meter that
could measure it for you.  Use local resources to help gather the
data you need.

Dr. Resonance

>At this point, I dont even have the wire for the secondary, and it
>may be more like 18-20 inches, depending on how that works out. and
>of course it would need more turns when/if I get a toroid, so I was
>thinking maybe 18, or even 20 turns. I am also guessing at the cap,
>its just a bunch of bottles. They are 20 oz bottles, a bit bigger
>than the typpical beer bottles, so I calculated that they should be
>close to 1000pf or as coilers call it 1nf. I am attempting to get
>this coil built with almost no measuring equipment, so far Iv barely
>used a ruler! :) I may have to take my cap to my old job to get it
>measured, that will definalely help the math. Thanks to ALL for the
>generous help and info!