Re: Questions Questions

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Subject: Re: Questions Questions
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:44:30 -0600
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Subject: 
        Re: Questions Questions
  Date: 
        Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:32:01 -0500
  From: 
        "Lord Talimar" <lordtali-at-mill.tds-dot-net>
    To: 
        "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


Would it be possible to get a copy of that tape?  I would be interested
in
seeing what a TC is supposed to do.

LT

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Questions Questions
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 12:59 AM
> 
> Subject: 
>         Questions Questions
>   Date: 
>         Tue, 25 Mar 1997 00:06:10 -0500
>   From: 
>         "George W. Ensley" <erc-at-coastalnet-dot-com>
>     To: 
>         tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> 
> Hello,
> I have been attempting to optimize my 6" coil with some success. What i
> have
> noticed is that the coupling coefficient seems to vary a good deal. Any
> number of factors seem to affect it, breakout, toroid height, toroid
> size,
> coil height, etc. I am using K=(Fh-Fl)/Fr to find K is this correct? 
> 
> It has been interesting to note that while using a large toroid, 7"x 30"
> which was difficult to break out, the system exhibited all the signs of
> over
> coupling. When a small tab was added to assist breakout, all of the
> signs
> went away and the best spark to date was achieved.
> 
> Some how i get the feeling that the signal generator and the O-scope
> aren't
> telling me all i want to know. What is the k of the system while in
> operation? How can i check it?
> 
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> 
> The best thing that ever happened to my TC was when a fan failed and i
> melted down my RQ pvc gap. I was forced to build a new gap using a shop
> vac
> a plastic 5 gallon bucket and some 5/8 copper pipe. It's noisy but my
> sparks
> went from 48" to 67" with no other change. 
> 
> I have observed a wave shape change in the output of the coil that is no
> doubt the results of better quenching. It is now a single hump with a
> fairly
> rapid rise and slower ring down. Previously a double hump was evident
> with
> the second being much smaller than the first but still causing the event
> to
> last almost twice as long.
> 
> I have been attempting to follow the discussion on optimal quenching but
> lack some basics. What was i seeing? Is that the beat notch or was it
> just
> the gap trying to fire again? How are these measurements made? What is
> the
> test setup?
> 
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> 
> I was pleased to see Richard Hull on The Learning Channel tonight with a
> big
> TC running in the background. Interesting stuff water.
> 
> George............
>