Winding my ~2500-3000 turn Dual resonant solid state Tesla coil secondary.

So i finally did it. It went very smoothly, much easier than i thought! Took about an hour and a half, at a max of about 70rpm, including any time i had to unwind and rewind (about 3-4 times) a few turns, as well as do whatever else such as rigging the spool holder :P... Not a single overlap, or gap. There is, however, wire discoloration which really makes it look like i have some hundred gaps. I assure you there are not any :P.

It is a 4.5 diameter pipe with 24.4 measured inches of windings of 32 gauge of magnet wire, from Parawire. The resonant frequency is about 144KHz, and 66KHz with a 4 by 10 inch topload on the bottom, and a 8 by 20 inch topload on the top (about 40pf).

Thanks again to Rrolison68, i could not have done this many turns without a winder this quickly. Not to mention making the poly coating possible.

I have, so far, 8 coatings on the secondary. After 20 i will sand and continue putting coats and sanding with gradually higher grit (finer, that is) sandpaper. That should give me a glass looking finish.

Category:

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• High
• voltage
• Tesla
• coil
• secondary
• winder
• winding
• jig
• wire
• gauge
• AWG
• pipe

[123324ben]

thats nothing compared to winding 1000 turns by hand, using left for tension AND placing the wire, and using the right to turn the pvc XD... not fun

[triggerhappy77707]

@123324ben Well that is how i always wound my secondaries. Its not that bad if it is a secondary about this size with 1000turns. 

[blackmesa25]

That's looks nice. It's a nice colour.

Good job, hardest part over lol

Thanx for sharing ;-)

[HorizonDelta]

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[moneraths]

Dude...what's up? Its been a month since you posted anything.

Did you electrocute yourself or what?

[moneraths]

You should epoxy that bad boy! Seriously, they look so nice when you do.

[moneraths]

Love that green magnet wire...looks sharp.

[erlendse]

Good going, seems like you will have the secondary ready soon :)

[zezimashock]

no its awsome music :)