Re: [TCML] Why copper tubing for primary?

[DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

3 reasons are:

Large round surface area retards pri - sec corona

Good electrostatic field control in lower section of coil

Minimal skin effect losses


Dr. Resonance




On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Ray Whiteside <rs.whiteside@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Obviously wherever I look people are using copper tubing for their primary
> coil, but I can't figure out for the life of me why people use copper
> tubing
> over fairly large gauge copper. It seems copper wire would be much cheaper
> and easier to work with. Is it merely a difference in the inductance
> values?
>
> Thanks,
> -Ray
>
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