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Is every tesla coil a magnifier?
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From: Bill the arcstarter [SMTP:arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 7:14 AM
To: tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com; tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Is every tesla coil a magnifier?
Fr. Tom wrote:
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> Ultimately, I
>think that even the classic TC is actually something of a magnifier
>in disguise. A good TC design might entail a closer coupled
>primary/base SEGMENT of what we normally think of as the
>secondary.
>Actually, I believe the *base* of the TC secondary is the secondary
>of the driver segment, and what we think of as the top of the
>secondary is in reality the extra coil segment.
This seems valid. Perhaps this (partially?) explains the reduction in
the optimal h/d ratio as d gets larger. It seems like the turns higher
up the secondary have essentially no magnetic coupling with the primary
(gradual coupling reduction not withstanding). Thus - they'd be
operating in magnifier mode from the lower secondary windings.
My $0.02 in a declining market.
-Bill Pollack (arcstarter)
Starting arcs in Cinci, OH
http://www.geocities-dot-com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/6160
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