Re: More tesla coil questions.
- From: "amdxjunk" <nojunk@knology>
- Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 06:33:10 -0500
Sign up for the tesla mailing list, those guys have years of experience.
They have built hundreds of tesla coils. They are very helpful to beginners.
>>>>www.pupman.com<<<<<
You might find your 40nf cap is to large.
Mike K.
<ngdbud@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is the third time I have posted to this group about the same tesla
> coil within two weeks, but I have new materials and questions that come
> with them. First, one of the postings said i want to look for 28 awg
> wire. I have alot of 40 awg wire, would this be two thin for a coil
> running on an input of 5-10 kv with a 40 nf capacitor bank? Also, I
> went super cheap on the toroid and bought three feet of aluminum dryer
> hose. After being shaped like a dougnut it had a nine inch diameter and
> is 4.5 inches tall. Is this too big for a coil 2.5 by 10 inches? I have
> some copper stranded speaker wire about 18 awg. would this be thick
> enough for a coil with this much power? And lastly how many turns
> should I use for this primary, and how far apart should I space them?
> if you can answer even just one question, I would greatly apprecieate
> it.
>
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