Re: Primary inductance

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• Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 19:26:11 -0500
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Subject:  Re: Primary inductance
  Date:   Fri, 9 May 1997 07:23:35 +0000
  From:   "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-PUPMAN.COM>


At 09:56 PM 5/6/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Subject:   Primary inductance
>  Date:    Mon, 5 May 1997 19:33:33 -0400 (EDT)
>  From:    ADatesman-at-aol-dot-com
>    To:    tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>I'm having some difficulty measuring the inductance of my primary coil -
>I
>think because of old and crotchety test equipment, but maybe it's just
>stupidity.  At any rate, I'm wondering - I have 13 turns of 1/4" copper
>tubing on a 30 degree bank, spreading out from 6 inches to about 25
>inches.
> Does anybody with a similarly-sized primary know its inductance?  (I am
>just
>trying to get a benchmark, to see where the problem might lie.)  
>Thanks!!
>   Aaron Datesman
>
>-----------------------------------------------------

  Aaron -

  I get about 61 microhenries for your primary. With 6 inches for the
primary center what are you going to use for the secondary? I think you
could have a problem.

  John Couture

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