Re: Turns to secondary length ratio...

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


Way too big for a good inductance ratio.  #28 or #30 will work better.

Dr. Resonance
 >
 > Ic, so I am guessing #22 gauge is too big for a 3 inch coil?
 >
 > ---Eric Urban
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 > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:06 PM
 > Subject: Re: Turns to secondary length ratio...
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 >  > Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
 >  >
 >  > In a message dated 1/29/04 5:28:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
 >  > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 >  >
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 >  > >Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >  > >
 >  > >How long should a 3 inch secondary be for 1200 turns?
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Hydrogen,
 >  >
 >  > Well, if you wanted say a 5 :1 ratio of winding length to width, you
would
 >  > need to use a wire that is about .0125 diameter which is approximately
#
 >  > 29.5 guage.  So, using # 30 heavy build wire, diameter .0119" would
give
 > us
 >  > a turns per inch of 84.  Assuming a winding density of 95% we get 79.8
 >  > turns per inch.  Times 15 inches we would have 1,197 turns.
 >  >
 >  > Ed Sonderman
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