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Big Secondary
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From: Richard Hull [SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 1998 10:36 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Big Secondary
Tesla List wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
Dwight,
That aspect ratio is better for a magnifier. As a simple TC it is a bit
squat. With a 24" diameter I would shoot for 50 or more inches in height. I
would go 60"
Richard Hull, TCBOR (creator of Nemesis)