Re: Can anyone help ?

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• Subject: Re: Can anyone help ?
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:18:31 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Cabbott Sanders
> Bert said:
> 
>                                                              "At 20-25
> Joules/bang with a 0.16 uF cap, the rest of the system will need to be 
>  quite robust to safely make use of this energy. If this is your first
>     coil, you might want to consider reducing the tank cap size a bit.
> 
>                                                           -- Bert --"
> 
>  Bert, this is my third coil to date. My secondary is 84" tall and 24"
>   wide, using Alkatel 200C #10 square Magwire. My primary will consist
>  of 1" or 2" copper (or other) house pipe. do you think this is robust
>                                         enough for 25 joules per bang?
> 
>                                                               cabbott


I have run 270J/bang through a primary made of 1.15" OD copper pipe.
The coil operates well, with negligible primary losses, as compared
to the rotary gap losses.  Copper is good stuff.

BTW, like the RH justify... It's jazzy!


-GL
www.lod-dot-org

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