Re: kVA vs OD (was: Can anyone help ?)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: kVA vs OD (was: Can anyone help ?)
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 12:05:45 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 98-09-19 09:44:36 EDT, you write:

<< 
> Now that I'm a subscriber of the 'big toroid' approach, I must say
> that 25-30kVA is rather extreme for a 48 x 12 toroid!  My old coil
> now runs at 26kVA, and even its old 65" x 13" toroid was too small.
> The new 108" x 28" space-frame toroid is a far better fit, and the
> coil will now continuously generate 25ft ground strikes at 26kVA.
 
> BTW, I'll be running it in a week or so at the shipyard for any of 
> the few Bay Area local coilers that want to stop by.
 -- 
 
> -GL

Greg,

That's great news that you're now running with the larger toroid.

Did the BPS of coalescence change with the new larger toroid?

How much longer is the spark output with the new toroid vs. the
old one for a given input power?

John Freau