Re: where to put the coil guts

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Original poster: "Terry Blake by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tb3-at-att-dot-net>

Hi Jim,

Just to add a little to the other side of the debate, you should check out
the coils Ed Wingate runs.

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/ross/wingate/wingate.htm

In one case he has a magnifier that is driver by a 16 foot long copper pipe.
In another case he as a pair of twins that are drive by a common spark gap
and capacitor, through pairs of copper pipe transmission line.  In both
cases, we have the guts far away from the coils themselves.

FYI.

Terry Blake
Coiling in Chicago


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> Original poster: "Jim DeLillo by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimdel-at-bellatlantic-dot-net>
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> Thanks to all those that replied.
>
> I asked because I thought it would be great if you isolate the noise of
the
> spark gap
> an/or just mount the coil anywhere you want.  It would seem to be more
> magical (if that's possible) to have the coil
> producing sparks "on its own".
>
> << Jim >>
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> Original poster: "Wells Campbell by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com>
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> Hi jim,
>
> In short, yes, it is more lossy. You want the tank circuit to be as
> physically
> small as possible, so that the energy doesn't have to travel very far
> as it rings through the primary tank circuit. This includes the primary
> coil, the caps, and the spark gap. That being said, everything else can
> be rather far away without too much problem, many coils are done with
> the power supply feeding the coil and "guts" through welding cable or
> other longish appropriately shielded cord.
>
> Once you have the primary guts all arranged, however, most find that
> it is just easier and more space-efficient to put all of the rest of
> the HV components there, and run the mains current in, leaving the mains
> controls in a more remote location.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Wells Campbell
> wellscampbell-at-onebox-dot-com
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> Original poster: "Jim DeLillo by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>  <jimdel-at-bellatlantic-dot-net>
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>  Aside from portability, why does everybody put the "guts" of the coil
>  in a
>  base underneath?
>  Is it possible to place them remote from the coil(s), like in a separate
>  room? or are the losses too great?
>  Or other issues like running long lengths of HV cable being dangerous?
>
>  Just curious.
>
>  << Jim >>
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