Re: 16" coil

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/25/01 9:16:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< I'm building a 16" diameter 64" length coil 15kv 30ma and I'm wondering 
how 
 big my toroid has to be?
                                                                 -Thanks Max 
 Joseph
  >>

Joseph,

A 16" X 64" secondary coil would be MUCH too large for a 15/30
NST driven coil. A 4" X 16" wound with #24 to #26 magnet wire
would be more like the size of secondary that you are looking for.
Save the "monster" for a 15 to 20 kVA, pole pig driven system :-)

David Rieben