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Re: Capacitor order
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Subject: Re: Capacitor order
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From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 17:06:29 -0500
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Chip,
You said:
Subject: Re: Capacitor order
"As I understand it, if you increase the capacitance, the inductance must
then
be decreased (all other things being constant). This means that you will tap
the primary coil at a fewer number of turns.
I believe that the frequency equation is f = 1/((LC)**1/2) (that's 1/2 power,
or square root). Therefore to maintain a constant f, LC must be constant."
Chip
Thanks for the wake up. I admit to being lost in space. Guess I had too
much fun this weekend. I guess what I should say is today I am using a
.018mfd capacitor and a 33.0" discharger and the system tunes at 13.25 turns
on the primary. I have found I get best performance when the optimal tune
point is in the 13 to 14 turn range. If I use my old smaller toroid, it
tunes at 12 turns and I get much lower performance (shorter discharges) with
the same power in. --So I am thinking if I buy a larger capacitor as you say
it will require less primary inductance so it will tune at say 12 turns again
then I will need to build another even larger discharger to drop the
frequency back so it will again tune at 13 to 14 turns. I was wondering if
it is all worth while.
BTW the show Electric Skies on the Learning Channel last night was great.
Thanks, Ed Sonderman