Re: stranded wire primaries

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

In a message dated 8/18/2000 8:45:23 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> Original poster: "Jason Johnson" <hvjjohnson13-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
>  
>  I've seen several successful coils using stranded wire for the primary (TT-
> 42
>  etc) and I was planning on using one for a small demo coil, but when it
>  actually comes to bulding a primary like this I really don't have a clue 
as 
> to
>  how to tap it. 
>   
>  Ideas, suggestions, anybody?
>  
use a knife and strip off small sections of the insulation for tap points.  
Just don't put them too close together that it might flash turn to turn.  
Mike