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Re: How to rise the secondary? (fwd)





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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:09:10 +0000
From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: How to rise the secondary? (fwd)


  Richard H. -

  In the extreme!? Are you talking about the streamer capacitance?

  John Couture

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At 09:33 PM 7/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 00:22:50 -0400
>From: Richard Hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
>To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Subject: Re: How to rise the secondary? (fwd)
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>Tesla List wrote:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 23:37:10 +0000
>> From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
>> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> Subject: Re: How to rise the secondary? (fwd)
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>>   Richard, et al -
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>>   Do you (or R. Hull) have any test data that would show how much the
>> streamer loading, etc. capacitance is and how much it affects the operating
>> frequency after the toroid mounting capacitance change is taken into
>> consideration? As I indicate above the operating frequency change for only
>> the streamer loading, etc. should be very small.
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>...........................Streamer loading on a real big system is extreme.
>Nemesis' instrumented resonance with top load was 66khz.  Running, for best
>spark, another whole turn was required to go to 54khz.  I learn quickly to drop
>the calculations and expect at least a full extra turn on all primaries where a
>toroid was used whose diameter was in excess of  100% the coil height.  After
>1992 all of my magnifiers used toroidal diameters which approach 200% of the
>resonator coil height.  Maggey 11-E  uses a 46" diameter toroid on a 12" long
>resonator.  R. Hull
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