Re: [TCML] Secondary Coil: Wire Gauge and Number of Turns

[dave pierson <dave_p@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Interesting, never thought about it that way... Those tiny capacitors
> actually "leak" the current away because they let AC pass
    The same current peak at base is predicted, and observed
    in conventional antenna work and texts.  Care needs to be taken
    in applying such comparisons, however they can be useful.

> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > On 7/3/13 5:25 AM, Atomic wrote:

> >> How can the current be larger on the bottom of the secondary if
> >> it's just a
> >> continuous wire? Shouldn't the amps flowing on the bottom be the
> >> the same amps going to the topload?

> > the current would be uniform if there was no capacitance from the
> > winding
> > to ground. In reality, though, there is essentially a tiny capacitor
> > from
> > each turn to ground (as well as to adjacent turns). You see this in
> > the
> > models as "self C" of the secondary (often computed by Medhurst's
> > formula)


best
 dwp
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