Re: [TCML] Odd VTTC Streamer Behavior

[futuret@xxxxxxx]

It would be interesting to put the existing filament
transformer on a variac, and raise up the input voltage
some, so that the output equals the voltage using
your homemade transformer to verify that 10.4 volts
causes bad running of the coil, with either transformer.
This would just be a test.  You might wonder why
I'd even suggest something like this, but when I work
on coils, I constantly verifying things of that sort to
be sure I'm not mistaken about anything.

John


-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Slawinski <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 6:48 pm
Subject: Re: [TCML] Odd VTTC Streamer Behavior



>   usually a higher
> filament voltage such as 10.3 or 10.5 works well, and doesn't cause
> problems except for shortened tube life.


Well, maybe in most cases, but not this case.  I tried moving the grid 
way
up, and way down and still could not get the coil to behave.  When I 
took
the voltage down the coil was working better than with the old 
transformer.


> Regarding those 90 degree small streamers.  My 20" sword spark coil
> had them too after I pushed the spark to 20" from the initial 18" or 
so.
> John
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