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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