TC enfeeblement (deliberate)

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Subject: TC enfeeblement (deliberate)
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 23:00:06 -0600
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Subject:  Re: TC enfeeblement (deliberate)

In a message dated 98-02-18 15:38:11 EST, you write:

<< John: 
>It would be interesting to see what happens when you tweak only one
> coil (assuming you can get resonance). You've twisted so many knobs 
> that there really is no information here, other than bad choices
> make for bad coils. One wonders if you had gotten 1500 turns of
> your PVC wire what would have happened (besides the coil being
> almost 6ft tall). Were coupling values the same?

Michael,

If I had the room, I would try a 6ft tall coil, and other experiments
that require a lot of room.  I have to keep my projects confined within
my available space.  I think there is some important info here, if it is
considered along with various Tesla theories and other experiments
which can help to fill out the picture.  Also, it gives 2 specific designs
that builders can use as guidelines for the good and the bad.

> We used to have a guy running our accelerator that had a tuning
> technique we called 'Martinizing'. He'd tweak 3 or 4 settings in
> one beam cycle. Which one affected the beam? Who the heck knew?

Probably more is known about how a specific change in a Tesla
design will affect performance (even a combo of changes such as
I did), then is known about how 3 or 4 changes in an accelerator
will affect the beam.  I don't think it's a fully valid comparison.
 
> Just a wag on my part, but I would guess that the primary plays a 
> bigger role than the secondary in this situation. I don't know the
> characteristics of that coax, but if it is 'lossy', and provides
> resistance, would this not spoil the entire Q of the primary system,
> preventing the energy transfer to the secondary?

Yes, the coax uses a braided shield and is lossy and does get
warm in operation which does spoil the Q, etc.
 
> Did any components get hot? If so, which ones, and where?
 
> My 6.5" system is wound on a poly form as well, and to date, my max
> spark is only 36" with 720VA - mind you that strike left a char mark
> on the wood ladder. I know one of my problems is quenching in my gap -
> I am going to add a small sync rotary to my Cylinder gap - while I am
> sure a monster vacuum would also help, It makes a lot of noise between
> runs - and I gotta keep the wife happy.

36" with 720VA is better than a lot of the coils I've been hearing about.
Good luck with the gap work.

John Freau
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