Questions tagged [secondary-winding]

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Bumps in secondary coil

I am making my first Tesla coil, and I need some advice on the secondary coil. I have some bumps present and I don't know how to remove them from the wire. Do I need the wires to be straightened and if so, how? They are covered in enamel, so I…
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What actually constitutes a turn on a transformer coil?

Quick background on myself: I work as an engineering tech at a company that manufactures instrument transformers. I assist our technical director with designing transformers, however I do not have an electrical engineering degree and am sort of…
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What does float long and float short mean with respect to ferrite core transformer windings?

I have winding instructions for winding a EE13-06 ferrite core transformer, for secondary it's written 0.23 mm TIW, no. of wire = 1, no. of turns = 66, start = float short, finish = float long. What does float long and float short mean? What is…
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Do Grainger/Stevenson incorrectly describe an equivalent circuit for a transformer?

The equivalent circuit for a transformer, as shown above, is supposed to be consistent with the following equations: \begin{align} \small{\mathrm{Equation~2.22:}}~V_1&=(r_1+j\omega L_{11})I_{1} + (j\omega…