Coil Data for study

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


Hello Coilers,

Here is some data on my coil that you program writers and number crunchers
might find of interest.  I hope that my efforts can be beneficial to not
only myself, but others as well.

73, Weazle

http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle



            PARAMETERS OF MY TESLA COIL & PROGRAM OUTPUTS - NOV 2002
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      INPUT DATA
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      1) Environment:

         Height Ceiling........ 100 inches
         Height Walls.......... 100 inches
         Radius Ceiling........  96 inches
         Radius Ground Plane...  96 inches
         Radius Walls..........  96 inches

      2) Power Supply:

         Ballast............... Inductive (set for 12 Amp)
         Current Maximum.......    700 mA.
         Current Operating.....    200 mA.
         Voltage Maximum....... 14,400 Volts
         Voltage Operating..... 12,000 Volts

      3) Spark Gap:

         Electrode Spacing..... 17/64 inches
         Electrode Material.... Copper
         Pressure in Chamber... unknown (5 Amp compressor current)
         Type.................. Hyperbaric Two Electrode Static

      4) Capacitor:

         Capacity.............. 0.0258 uF. (25.8 nF.)
         Type.................. MMC (6 strings of 16)
	Voltage Rating........ 25,600 Volts

      5) Primary:

         Angle of incline......   20 degrees
         Diameter Inside.......  6.6 inches
         Diameter Outside......   12 inches (used turns)
         Diameter Outside......   19 inches (overall)
         Height Inner Turn.....   30 inches
         Height Outer Turn.....   31 inches (used turns)
         Height Outer Turn.....   32 inches (overall)
         Pitch of Turns........   .5 inch
         Turns Total...........   12
         Turns Used............    6
         Wire (tubing) Size....  .25 inch

      6) Strike Rail:

         Diameter..............   19 inches
         Height................   34 inches

      7) Secondary:

         Diameter..............  4.1 inches
         Height Bottom.........   30 inches
         Height Top............   52 inches
         Length Wound..........   22 inches
         Turns.................  800
         Wire Size.............   22 Gauge/0.0253 inch

      8) Top Loading:

         Diameter Minor Lower..    5 inches
         Diameter Major Lower..   19 inches
         Diameter Minor Upper..    5 inches
         Diameter Major Upper..   23 inches
         Height Centre Lower... 57.5 inches
         Height Centre Upper...   62 inches


      OUTPUT DATA FROM PROGRAMS
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      1) Power Supply:

         PFC Capacity 75%......   100 uF.
         Resonant Capacity..... 0.044 uF. (-at- 12 K.V., 200 mA.)

      2) Primary:         E-Tesla6     FANTC     Mandk     WinTesla
                          --------     -----     -----     --------
         Impedance......                        21 Ohms
         Inductance.....              11.0 uH.  11.7 uH.   14.6 uH.

      3) Secondary:       E-Tesla6     FANTC     Mandk     WinTesla
                          --------     -----     -----     --------
         Capacity Self..                        8.85 pF.   8.69 pF.
         Freq. Loaded...                        278 kHz    260 kHz
         Inductance.....              11.6 mH.  11.4 mH.   11.3 mH.
         Impedance......                        19.8 kO
         K coupling.....              0.138     0.105
         Mutual Ind.....              49.3 uH.  38.4 uH.
         Resistance DC..                        14 Ohms
         Resistance RF..                        66 Ohms
         Q factor.......                        300

      4) Top Loading:     E-Tesla6     FANTC     Mandk     WinTesla
                          --------     -----     -----     --------
         Capacity.......  31.47 pF.  17.26 pF.  20.0 pF.