Re: More Mini Coils

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Subject: Re: More Mini Coils
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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:23:28 -0500
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Subject:      Re: More Mini Coils
       Date:  Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:56:39 +1200
       From:  "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


Hello Alfred, all,
> 
> > Hi Coilers,
> >             Here are some results from the weekend's playing around. 
> > Since I have taken no photos, I am presenting sufficient information 
> > for you to duplicate my results. I have achieved 4" attached single 
> > channel streamers (with 4.5" at odd times but not often enough to be 
> > convincing) using a power input of 20W.
> 
> WOW! Do you realize thats 60 watts per foot of discharge!!! I think 
> you've broke the worlds record, your doing better than Richard Hulls 
> latest magnifier!

Well I think it's agreed that spark follows at least a square if not 
cubic dissipation law so I don't know about linearizing the result 
like that. But I do think it's worth noting that things can be 
achieved with good supply-to-coil matching. Although I didn't set out 
to do this (this is actually a system I am building for someone) it 
is most interesting to see what can be done if power is used in a 
reasonably efficient manner. I posted earlier on some of the power
reaching the primary vs power drawn at the wall in the coil charting 
exercise. There is a heck of a lot of work to be done in that area I 
think and I think John Freau's results also support that contention.
    One of the best things to pop out of this is that I now have a 
firm guideline on how to match the coils I am charting to the results 
they are achieving and suggest where improvements might be made. That 
can only be of benefit to everybody :)

Malcolm 

** If it's Under 10 Amps it's Leakage Current **