Re: Desktop Bipolar Coil

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Original poster: "jimmy hynes by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com>

 > Generally the goal of a coiler is long sparks.  It's
 > possible for a coil
 > to more efficient in the true sense of coil
 > effiency, yet give shorter sparks.
 > For example, one may have a coil that uses 1kW and
 > gives a
 > 30" controlled spark length, and a 42" maximum spark
 > length.
 > Another coil may use 1kW and give 33" controlled
 > spark length,
 > but give only 40" maximum spark length.  Most folks
 > would rather
 > have the coil that gives longer max sparks, even
 > though it's less efficient
 > in the true sense.

Another example of that is SSTCs (especially CW) vs
spark gap TCs. SSTCs tend to be more efficient, but
all the power goes into a little hot arc.

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Jimmy