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Re: How to rise the secondary? (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 08:52:28 PDT
From: Bill the arcstarter <arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com, couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net
Subject: Re: How to rise the secondary?
John Couture wrote:
> You build great coils so I am not going to tell you how to tune your
>coils. However, a computer can tell you if the tuning equation
> LpCp = LsCs is balanced. The tweeking can be done with taps
>on the primary of a properly designed and tuned coil.
I have questions regarding how these values are determined.
Lp, Cp, are easily measured using any number of techniques. But what
about Ls or Cs?
Does Ls represent the "lumped' inductance of the secondary, measured (as
above) between the base and top toroid? I would bet this is the case
but an not 100% sure.
But the really tricky one is Cs. The only way I can see to determine
this is by measuring the actual self resonant frequency of the secondary
and toroid using a sig gen, 'scope and all that. Then - you compute Cs
via the frequency and Ls.
Any hints? How are you folks determining these values?
-Bill Pollack (arcstarter)
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