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Re: Why a toroid?
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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 19:30:49 +0000
From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Why a toroid?
At 03:56 AM 10/13/97 +0000, you wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 08:17:51 +1200
>From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Why a toroid?
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>Just to throw something else into the mix, I was doing some testing
>of a new system in the weekend and was firing single shot to check
>spark quality. I got a surprise when increasing BPS from about 1 to
>around 3 nearly doubled the spark length. Persistent ions.
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>Malcolm
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Malcolm -
Could it be that the primary capacitor is being charged to a higher
voltage as I have mentioned in the past. Of course, it cannot be charged to
a voltage greater than the source voltage. You may have found the secret to
those rare long sparks.
Note that a controlled spark measurement avoids these problems. However,
the method cannot be used with one shot TC systems unless you have a method
of measuring the watts input time per spark.
I am always interested in hearing about your research because you are
doing some interesting work.
John Couture
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