Re: Secondary

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

You would mean less heavily insulated. Isn't 22gauge .025"? 

In a message dated 5/10/01 7:46:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> A secondary should be wound long enough to not arc end-to-end.  Based on 
> this alone, the 30" option might be capable of longer arcs.  But 
> Wintesla tells me that 30" of #22 would have 1090 turns, and 24" of #24 
> would have 1100 turns.  Is your wire more heavily insulated than normal? 
> I would go with 30" of #24 for 1375 turns.  My own 6" secondary uses 28" 
> of #26 for 1734 turns.