Big Secondary

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Subject: Big Secondary
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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 23:01:59 -0500
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From:  D.C. Cox [SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
Sent:  Thursday, June 18, 1998 1:22 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Big Secondary

to: Dwight


With a .08 MFD cap you will need more charging current for best operation. 
Around 400-500 ma will work best.

DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net


> From:  dwight duncan [SMTP:duncand-at-ccsalpha2.nrl.navy.mil]
> Sent:  Wednesday, June 17, 1998 11:49 AM
> To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:  Big Secondary
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>     It has been a while since I have signed on but I think I needed a
> break.  Now that I have made a 3 KW magnifier system and had great
success
> with it I am going to move on to other things.
>     What I have in mind is a large coil, essentially modeled after what I
> know about Nemeses.  I propose a secondary that is on a polyethylene drum
> and is 24" dia. with a 30" winding length. The toroid will be 8x36" and
the
> primary will be a flat spiral, a .08mf Maxwell cap and a 2400 rpm, 12
point
> rotory gap with Elconite stationary electrodes.
>     All of this may be under powered by my supply which is 10 Kv -at- 300
ma,
> but it is all the supply I can afford at the moment.  With the shipping
> cost of a 10 KVA pig and the ballast to go with it is just out of my
reach
> at the moment.  I think even with 3 KVA I won't be disappointed with such
a
> large coil and a small aspect ratio.
> 
> Any comments are very much welcome,
> 
> Dwight
>