Re: tapered wire for secondary

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Original poster: "Virtualgod" <mike.marcum-at-zoomtown-dot-com> 

The current decreases exponentially as you go up the secondary, so I would
think it would make very little difference with the relatively short
distance the higher current has to go, certainly not enough to switch wire
guages every 50 turns. Maybe it might make a difference if the coil was ran
in CW mode in a SSTC/VTTC and it was getting downright hot after a 30 second
run...


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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:20 PM
Subject: tapered wire for secondary


 > Original poster: "Daniel Ullfig" <DUllfig-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > question:
 >
 > the secondary being a quarter wave resonator, it has a voltage maxima at
 > the top, and a current maxima at the bottom. It seems to me that no one
 > seems to bother with figuring out the section of the wire based on this
 > current. only the voltage is taken into account. but if the wire is not
big
 > enough for the current, don't you incurr big losses?
 >
 > If you were trying to use a coil as a transmitter, the way Tesla was,
 > wouldn't you want to maximize the current at the ground connection, never
 > mind the sparks at the top?
 >
 > Dan Ullfig
 > Harbor City, CA
 >
 >
 >