Re: Secondary size AND DESIGNING Coils

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

Luke,

I suggest reading a paper I wrote titled, "How I Design my Tesla Coils."  It
gives a brief explanation on how simple it is to design coils using some of
the free
software available etc...  I was planning on writing an entire collection of
papers on different tesla coil building subjects, but I just haven't had the
time.

You can find this paper here.  (PDF document)
http://www.easternvoltageresearch-dot-com/datasheets/howtopart01.pdf

Dan



 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >
 > My comment about not going into the calculations was not meant to imply
 > that I did not want to use math.  It was meant to get someone to not
 > only give a formula or what ever but to explain where each of the
 > numbers might have come from in a formula they gave.  I am not
 > intimidated by the math.  But I cannot use math I don't understand.  If
 > you tell me to add two numbers and that will be the value I need I have
 > to know why those two numbers were chosen.  If I just grabed a formula
 > and used it with out grasping even a little where it came from it would
 > be the same as taking a rule of thumb for size and doing it that way
 > because (as a rule of thumb demands) everyone else does it.
 >
 > Luke Galyan
 > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net