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have to start alllll over on my secondary

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the mad scientist
Wed Oct 05 2011, 09:52PM Print
the mad scientist Registered Member #3768 Joined: Tue Mar 22 2011, 12:46AM
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 		well i was winding my secondary coil with wire from a microwave's fan motor. 3/4ths done with winding my secondary on a 3'' diameter PVC pipe my aspergers and ocd once again got the best of me, thus i refused anything less than perfect. i noticed that there was some kinks and overlaps that i couldnt fix so i got frustrated and popped the wire from the spool, rendering my secondary forever incomplete until i start a new one :/.

(i was also using epoxy [the one you get in the dual syringe] through out winding, i took breaks while doing it cause i have homework and other stuff to do =S)
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Luceš
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:09PM
Luceš Registered Member #4108 Joined: Sun Sept 25 2011, 11:43PM
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 		Don't worry that's happend to me at least twice... You tend to just get over it, because once you have the tc built you will have bigger problems cheesey
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the mad scientist
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:17PM
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 		hmm <.< what are these bigger problems you speak of :D ?
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Luceš
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:47PM
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 		what kind are you building? wink
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the mad scientist
Wed Oct 05 2011, 10:49PM
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 		sgtc
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Luceš
Thu Oct 06 2011, 12:22AM
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 		ahh you will be fine, if you were building a sstc there are alot of stuff, My profile pic is my sstc :D
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the mad scientist
Thu Oct 06 2011, 07:37PM
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 		does the spark gap HAVE to be tungsten ? if it isnt how ill it effect it?
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Tetris
Fri Oct 07 2011, 01:39AM
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 		I had to do that too XD for mine. but i isnt ocd.
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Luceš
Fri Oct 07 2011, 01:50AM
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 		no it doesn't have to be a tungsten gap, my first tesla coil witch was an obit sgtc just used to machine screws for spark gaps
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Mads Barnkob
Fri Oct 07 2011, 08:22AM
Mads Barnkob Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
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the mad scientist wrote ...

does the spark gap HAVE to be tungsten ? if it isnt how ill it effect it?


Tungsten is used in f.ex. TIG welders and have a extremely high melting point compared to a steel screw or copper as many use in their spark gaps. Two steel screws will wear down faster than 4 pieces of air cooled copper pipe used as spark gap. Its all about material durability and cooling, experiment with different kinds, they will all work, but some will wear down faster.

Remaking a secondary coil is something we all get to at some point, I had to remake one with 0.1mm wire that broke for me while winding it, but it was only a 75mm diameter pipe with 20 cm winding length. It really sucked when I had to redo my 160mm diameter pipe with 60 cm winding length.
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