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Re: 6ga wire vs 1/4 tubing for 900W coil primary?
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- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:47:11 -0600
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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 29 Jul 2005, at 18:38, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: Timjroche@xxxxxxx
>
> correct me if i'm wrong, but stranded would increase the surface
> area(S^2) of the "wire", who knows...10-fold....100-fold??...depending
> on # strands... i made a awg 6-12 (12 strand-6ga) and a awg 4-8
> primary and found pimary strikes to be very much, more freq. and
> damaging . i atribute it to S^2
Only effective if the strands are individually insulated (aka Litz
wire).
Malcolm