Re: More maggie Q & A

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• Subject: Re: More maggie Q & A
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 17:02:58 -0600
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In a message dated 99-08-06 06:41:32 EDT, you write:

<< Now for the next qustion.
> I read somewhere(I think it was by Richard Hull)that the extra coil
> should 
> have more inductance than the driver, can anybody shed any light on
> this.
 
> Many thanks Mike Tucknott >>

Mike,

More L in the extra coil helps to keep the voltage on the driver 
reasonably low, which reduces corona losses and potential flashover
problems.  Also more L in the extra coil requires a tighter driver
coupling to obtain a proper overall (but lower) system coupling.

Cheers,
John Freau

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