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Re: [TCML] Tuning a Tesla Coil with an Oscilloscope
Hi Brandon,
Thanks, that saves me a lot of trouble! I feel rather 'silly' for not thinking about it first. I imagine this is a good a place as any to ask; Is it possible, well, relatively easy to expand on the TCT design to incorporate a digital readout? I'm still in the dark when it comes to electronics design...
Brandon
On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Brandon Garretson <garretsontech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Brandon (All),
>>
>> I think I'll definitely be taking this route. Still one problem though; I
>> have no way of accurately measuring frequency! Can you (or anybody chiming
>> in) suggest some test equipment I should use for this?
>
> Using the TCT device, it doesnt matter if you know the frequency at all.
> You connect it to your secondary with topload and approximate
> streamer-length wire, then simply sweep
> the dial through the range looking for the brightest glow of the LEDs.
> Then, leaving the dial in the "bright spot" from the secondary,
> connect it to the tank circuit (with the transformer and filter
> disconnected)
> and move the primary tap from turn to turn until the dimmest glow of
> the LEDs is found, then fine tune along that turn, again
> stopping at the "dim-spot" indicated by the LEDs on the TCT. (Be sure
> to let go of the tap and step back when you take a reading.)
> JavaTC will get you close, use the TCT device to verify, then fine-tune.
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