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Re: Coil Woes



Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Gary,

Have you tried 2.8 * Cres with your 7x30 toroid?  I would think that with 4
* Cres, you would not be able to charge to full output voltage.  You might
get greater bang energy with a smaller cap.   With my 15/60 setup, I get the
caps charged to 24KV with 2.5 * Cres.

Gerry R.

 > Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 >
 > I know that I recently swapped my 7x30 toroid for a 6x24 toroid.  The
 > bigger toroid would only breakout reliably from a breakout point and
 > delivered my longest streamers.  The smaller toroid didn't need a point
 > and readily broke out all over the toroid with shorter streamers,
 > probably similar to what you were saying.  This was with my 15/60, sync
 > RSG, and a Cres*4.0 cap in both cases.
 >
 > Gary Lau
 > MA, USA
 >