Re: tapered wire for secondary

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Original poster: "Daniel Ullfig" <DUllfig-at-sbcglobal-dot-net> 

ok, thanks guys!

Dan

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Subject: Re: tapered wire for secondary


 > Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com>
 >
 > The current decreases exponentially as you go up the secondary, so I would
 > think it would make very little difference with the relatively short
 > distance the higher current has to go, certainly not enough to switch wire
 > guages every 50 turns. Maybe it might make a difference if the coil was
ran
 > in CW mode in a SSTC/VTTC and it was getting downright hot after a 30
second
 > run...
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:20 PM
 > Subject: tapered wire for secondary
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Daniel Ullfig" <DUllfig-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >  >
 >  > question:
 >  >
 >  > the secondary being a quarter wave resonator, it has a voltage maxima
at
 >  > the top, and a current maxima at the bottom. It seems to me that no one
 >  > seems to bother with figuring out the section of the wire based on this
 >  > current. only the voltage is taken into account. but if the wire is not
 > big
 >  > enough for the current, don't you incurr big losses?
 >  >
 >  > If you were trying to use a coil as a transmitter, the way Tesla was,
 >  > wouldn't you want to maximize the current at the ground connection,
never
 >  > mind the sparks at the top?
 >  >
 >  > Dan Ullfig
 >  > Harbor City, CA
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
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