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Re: Streamer loading and tuning (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:07:56 -0500
From: "Barton B. Anderson" <mopar-at-uswest-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Streamer loading and tuning (fwd)
Vivian,
Tesla List wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:39:24 +0100
> From: Vivian <V.C.Watts-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Streamer loading and tuning
>
> Hi all,
> Recent correspondence has prompted me to ask a few questions.
>
> Reading correspondence from John Couture he suggests raising the height of
> the secondary affects "find the proper tuning point". I have always
> measured the resonance of my secondary with top load separately form the
> primary. Then tune the primary circuit (without the secondary). Then I
> have brought the two together. I have never tried re-tuning once together.
> If the coupling can effect the tuning should I be tuning as a complete coil?
Yes. The best way to prove this to yourself is to compare performance.
> On a similar note. If a sparking coil has streamers which correspondence is
> suggesting has a significant effect on top load capacitance. Would it be
> better to de-tune the primary lower than the secondary such that when the
> streamers are active they are in-tune?
Not necessarily. Tune by means of arc distance to ground rod for best
performance. This will take into account load conditions.
Bart