RE: My Secondary Design

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

The double-endcap that you illustrated will surely work, but you can
save a bit of work if you insulate the toroid mount screw.  Use a flat
head screw for the toroid mount and countersink the lexan disk.  Then
glue a scrap of lexan over the screw head (PVC pipe cement works well).
And fasten the end of the secondary to a lug on the top side of the
disk.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

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Subject:	My Secondary Design

Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>

As you may know, I'm a newbie getting prepared to build my first coil.
I've
been doing A LOT of reading (ie, the past archives of this newsletter -
very
informative).

This is the design I've come up with for my secondary coil:

http://members.home-dot-net/transactoid/mycoil.jpg

As shown in the pic, the actual coil itself will be 30" high, wrapped on
6"
PVC using #22 wire. From what I've read, nothing is supposed to
penetrate
the inside of the coil. Two end caps (most likely lexan) will be used to
seal the coil. Howerver, at the top of the coil, I will have an
additional
end cap with a nut/bolt assembly mounted into it. The output from the
coil
will be attached to this, forming a terminal to attach my toroid to. On
the
bottom, there is brass strip attached through the coil, but below the
end
cap.

Please take a look at the picture and tell me if my design is sound.

Thanks.