Re: The big bad Mark III

[Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 8/13/00 3:14:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< Hi Garry,
 
 > The otimum ratio for secondaries is a height that is five times the
 outside
 > diameter of the secondary.
 >
 > So, for a six inch coil, the height the wire should cover thirty inches of
 > the form.
 >
 > I don't know if this is a hard and fast rule tho. I suspect the wire guage
 > would have an effect on this.
 
 Seems to be some controversy here..... I've heard lots of people say 4:1
 (6*4 = 24)
 
 Regards,
 Troy Peterson [VE7SOK]
 troypete-at-sunwave-dot-net
 highvoltage-at-mad.scientist-dot-com
  >>
My 6.0" diameter secondary uses # 22 wire with a winding length of 27.6" for 
a ratio of about 4.5 : 1.  It makes 104" sparks and works very well.

Ed Sonderman