Modeling a magnifier

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• Subject: Modeling a magnifier
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• Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:51:09 -0600
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From:  richard hull [SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent:  Thursday, February 26, 1998 6:30 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Modeling a magnifier

At 10:06 AM 2/26/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>From:  Antonio C. M. de Queiroz [SMTP:acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br]
>Sent:  Tuesday, February 24, 1998 6:33 PM
>To:  Tesla List
>Subject:  Re: Modeling a magnifier
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>richard hull wrote:
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>> An 18" resonator coil was cut in half and one half was isolated and coupled
>> by itself to .36 with a primary and the other half set up as a resonator 4
>> feet away.  The performed OK with this split setup, but was not stunning.
>> Next, the resonator was set atop the driver secondary, otherwise, nothing
>> was changed.  The coupling was now measured as .22 with the whole resonator
>> as a two coil system.  When fired, the spark length was reduced by about 25%.
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>The informations in your post are very useful. Just a question: Was the
>primary tuned for each version, or was the magnifier primary configuration
kept?
>
>Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
>http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq
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The primary was always re-tuned tuned for peak spark output in both cases.
The coupling was re-measured with regard to the new primary tap point, of
course.

Richard Hull, TCBOR

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