Re: [TCML] Parallel Wound Secondary

[Skip Malley <skip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2 23 gauge wires would be the equivalent of about 20 gauge comparing 
total copper.  The same number of turns would be a taller than 
winding with 20, about 40 percent longer for the same number of 
turns, pr 29% fewer turns if winding the same height.  Either way you 
get a lower inductance than the equivalent number of turns as using 20ga wire.

Skip

At 08:58 PM 5/6/2010, you wrote:
> Has anyone every tried winding two conductors in parallel on the 
> secondary? I wound an 8" diameter coil with about 800 turns of two 
> 23 awg wires in parallel. Unfortunately, I dropped the coil and 
> damaged a section. But I was wondering if anyone else has tried 
> this. When I wind my new secondary (knowing what I now know...) 
> should I do two wires in parallel? I was planning on making my new 
> secondary with 18 awg wire but I'm curious about what would happen 
> if I ran two in parallel.
>
> I suppose it would hurt the performance from a lumped-element 
> perspective and help the performance from the transmission-line 
> resonator perspective.
>
>
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