secondary question

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Original poster: "Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>

hey all,

I've now assembled most of the materials I need to build my first 
tesla coil.  I used teslamap57 to design it, and ive never heard of 
anyone on-list using this.  Is it accurate and reliable?  I am going 
to wind about 1000 turns of 26awg wire on 3.5 OD pvc pipe.  the only 
problem is that it is pretty thick-walled and its called like 
cellcore or something like that, basically insulated i guess.  Will 
this cause problems?  Also, will it enhance the performace of my 
soon-to-be coil if i clean, sand, and coat my secondary form before i 
start winding it?  Also, if my secondary has an OD of 3.5in, then 
what should the diameter of the hole in the primary be?

any help appreciated as always
-dr. drake

specs:
12/30nst
cap=9.3nf@32kv
seconday(hopefully) 17inx3.5in=999 turns of 26awg