Re: UPDATED Images - New Models : Commercial SSTC Project

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Kewl coil.  Are the sparks really that thin and purple? Maybe if you 
redid the primary you could crank up the pulse width and get whitish 
ones, assuming the idbt's can take it.

Mike
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Subject: Re: UPDATED Images - New Models : Commercial SSTC Project


> Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > easily produce 30"+ streamers from a two foot coil
>
> The images look great but I can't see how it will
> strike the floor when there is so little clearance
> between toroid and strike rail. Surely it'll just arc
> to the strike rail instead?
>
> My DRSSTC looked like that to start with, and I was
> hoping for the same visual effect of huge arcs from a
> stubby coil, but I had to give up and raise the
> secondary about 2". My best result is 47" of sparks-
> 3.3 times the winding length- but at this energy level
> the coil is plagued by flashovers between primary and
> secondary. I would certainly not push it that far if I
> were trying to get commercial grade reliability.
>
> Here is my conceptual rendering of Dan's conceptual
> rendering. You have no idea how long it took to model
> the tinfoil and bath towel hanging up to dry in
> SolidWorks ;)
>
> http://www.scopeboy.com/tesla/drsstc/sparks/yehaitworks.jpg
>
> Steve Conner