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Re: primary coil a little wavy?



Original poster: "Nick Andrews by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nicothefabulous-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Maybe a bit art deco for some, but I like it!  Wish we had the internet 
when I was a kid...

Nick A






>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: primary coil a little wavy?
>Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:35:52 -0700
>
>Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi,
>
>I did the same thing with my first coil.
>
>If anything, it will affect the inductance
>of the primary coil, but as long as it's
>not too far off then it shouldn't hurt.
>(You'll have to play with the tap a little bit.)
>
>Take a look at this site for a truely
>amazing primary design:
>
>http://www.angelfire-dot-com/80s/sixmhz/trashy.html
>
>
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Adam Britt by way of Terry Fritz
> > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <beans45601-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
> >
> >
> > I just finished making my primary coil. I just used
> > some strips of lexan
> > and drilled 1/4 in holes in them, and used a bandsaw
> > to cut two lines to
> > the holes (so that the pipe can snap in). Well, i
> > have just snapped my
> > copper tubing in and the wire on my coil is wavy.
> > The waves are there
> > because i had to hammer the pipe into my lexan
> > slots, so the waves go down,
> > then back up to the hole. Is this going to affect
> > the output of my coil?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
>


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