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1/4 Wave Theories - do a test?




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From:  Mad Coiler [SMTP:tesla_coiler-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent:  Monday, June 08, 1998 7:45 PM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: 1/4 Wave Theories - do a test?


>From:  Steve Young [SMTP:youngs-at-konnections-dot-com]
>Sent:  Sunday, June 07, 1998 8:36 PM
>To:  Tesla List
>Subject:  Re: 1/4 Wave Theories - do a test?
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>>   Guys, I am not trying to disprove the 1/4wave theory. But what 
>> significance is it if by simply tapping in a few turns on the pri 
coil 
>> (and a bigger toroid) makes such a dramatic improvement over when the 
>> system was all set up using 1/4 wave values?
>>   Perhaps my small coil is such an odd design that its operation is 
>> slightly different? For example, I have been told that my small coil 
>> doesnt have enough inductance or turns per inch to be a good 
performer. 
>> It is 3.5" diameter, 15" high, wound with #22. # of turns ~530, mH = 
5.4
>> Powering this little guy with a 12Kv 60mA NST produces 30" sparks 
(about 
>> 16"-22" sparks when tunned to 1/4wavelength). I am also using only 
dirt 
>> cheap hocky puck caps.
>> 
>> Tristan Stewart
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>Tristan, please share with the list your source of "dirt cheap hocky 
puck
>caps".  A lot of us could use a good deal on HV pulse caps!
>
>--Steve

Well, I got them from Dr. Resonance. I dont happen to have there email 
but I could get it. They arent quite dirt cheap but they were $15 each 
last year. They are .004uF 30kV. The guy I talked to said that he 
recomends only putting 60mA into them, any more and the contacts inside 
them melt or something. They are only a pound or so each, with little 
tiny stud ends, dont think they are intended for pulse discharge but I 
have been pleased with the 30" sparks they are producing.

Tristan