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Peak cap voltage, was 12kV, 30ma TC specs, 42" spark
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com[SMTP:FutureT-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 4:48 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Peak cap voltage, was 12kV, 30ma TC specs, 42" spark
In a message dated 97-09-23 19:46:45 EDT, you write:
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>I think the electrode spacing was too close as Ep was severely reduced
> or maybe it was discharging too often with reduced bang size until
> the power was turned up. The gap fired alright in a wimpy kind of way.
Malcolm,
I don't think that close rotary electrode spacing would reduce the Ep,
since time = voltage (up to a point) in a rotary, so I would favor your
second suggestion.
> He actually said "big coils" which I immediately inferred to mean low
> frequency.
Still intriquing, esp. considering your theory about the RF rate feeding
of the sparks.
> The energy in the safety gap was *low* compared with that originally
> stored in the primary cap. There didn't seem to be a great deal of
> correspondence between the safety gap firing and the coil output.
> However, neither coil was firing all that smoothly. My choice of
> primary cap size should have been within the ballpark.
> Thanks for bearing with me on this one everybody. Hope I'm not boring
> everyone.
Your work and your approach to TCs is alway interesting,
Good luck with your tranny rebuilding. The trannies I have here don't
seem to have a lot of extra room available for larger wire sizes to be
used, and pie winding may waste some space. Maybe your tranny
has more room available.
John Freau
> Malcolm
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