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I had the same question, and I would think a left hand rule would require the field to be in the same circular pattern around the conductor for both coils. So if, as you said, the electrons traveling through the two coils in the opposite (CW now CCW), wouldn't the fields be opposite to each other in terms of left-hand rule. I guess I need to open some books again because I don't doubt that this is working for you. Terry On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 05:26:20 PM CST, Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: If you have two identically wound 10 turn spirals and you connected the inner lead of one to the outer lead of the other, the two spirals would work as one effectively 20-turn spiral. But since I'm joining the two inner leads together, if you imagined yourself as an electron flowing through the coil from one outer lead to the other, you would be going CW in one coil and when you cross into the other, you would be going CCW. If you look at the photo, with the two coils wound in opposite directions and joined in the center, you would be going in the same direction throughout the entire path. The picture is more evident than the words. Regards, Gary Lau MA, USA On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:43 AM Russell L Thornton < russell.l.thornton@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gary, you mention in your web link that "the two coils were wound in > opposite directions." Can you explain why that configuration does not > cancel the field? > Thanks > > Russell L Thornton > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla