Re: Toroid Height

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 9/26/03 7:04:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Hi Ed,
>
>What is the winding height and physical height above the primary of your 6
>inch coil.  Also, how much power are you feeding it?
>
>Gerry R.
>Ft Collins, CO
>
> > My 6" coil has two toroids.  If I run at full power with only one, I get
> > lots of sparks going down toward the primary.  I am presently using a 30
>to
> > 33" toroid on top of the coil and a 40" toroid raised up above that.  The
> > majority of the sparks leave from the upper toroid thus giving me more
> > clearance to the primary.
> >
> > Ed Sonderman


Gerry,

The secondary winding length is 27.6", of #22 wire.  The bottom turn of the 
secondary is just even with the top plane of the secondary.  It runs at 5 
kva to 7 kva using a 14.4 kv 5 kva transformer.  Primary capacitance is .05 
ufd using a synchronous rotary gap.

Ed Sonderman