RE: Capacitor Help

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Original poster: "Rich" <rdjmgmt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Malcolm , good looking start on your coil. With 1/4 soft tubing you
might use a couple more forms to help support and hold you tube. You can
"tack" things in place with a dab of hot melt glue as you go. The next
time you make a form e-mail me direct and I will send you a step by step
way of making the coil forms that will hold the tube in place.

Rich, from the middle of Missouri.
e-mail	rdjmgmt@xxxxxxxxxx


Subject: Re: Capacitor Help

Original poster: "MalcolmTesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I started making my primary.  I'll give a link to a picture below.  It's
made from 25 feet of 1/4" ice maker copper tubing.  There are 7 full
turns
and a little more on the sides.  As you can see in the pic the overall
diameter is about 17 ~ 18" depending on where you measure.  Inside
diameter
starts around 6 ~ 7".
The wire I've ordered for the secondary is 17 AWG (1.3 lbs on the way).
My
PVC is 4" diameter.
When winding my secondary should I pay more attention to counting turns
or
more attention as to how far up the PVC the windings go?  Someone had
mentioned about 18", others have said 1300 to 1500 windings.  Now that
you
see my primary and have more information what do you guys recommend?
Thanks
:)

Oh and this pic is after spending some time bending the tubing, it's not
fastened down yet, just loosely laying there so it looks a little
sloppy.  I
must say I have great respect for you guys that have such perfect
looking
primary's.  How on earth do you guys bend them up so neatly?

http://www.v8-ranger.com/temp/tesla/7.jpg

Thanks
Malcolm