Re: wintesla vs teslamap

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Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


Why not take a few measurements?   Most local tech colleges with 
Electronics courses and any university would have a cap meter that 
could measure it for you.  Use local resources to help gather the 
data you need.

Dr. Resonance

> At this point, I dont even have the wire for the secondary, and it 
> may be more like 18-20 inches, depending on how that works out. and 
> of course it would need more turns when/if I get a toroid, so I was 
> thinking maybe 18, or even 20 turns. I am also guessing at the cap, 
> its just a bunch of bottles. They are 20 oz bottles, a bit bigger 
> than the typpical beer bottles, so I calculated that they should be 
> close to 1000pf or as coilers call it 1nf. I am attempting to get 
> this coil built with almost no measuring equipment, so far Iv barely 
> used a ruler! :) I may have to take my cap to my old job to get it 
> measured, that will definalely help the math. Thanks to ALL for the 
> generous help and info!