Re: The forever ongoing upgrade

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• Subject: Re: The forever ongoing upgrade
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:41:12 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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In a message dated 99-06-10 17:45:08 EDT, you write:

<< 
> I use a 16" winding on 4" schedule 40, and feeding it 12000V 60ma have
> gotten sparks nearly 30" long, with no secondary breakdown or ever even
> one strike to the primary. There are no divisions with the coil, to block
> an internal strike, but this has never happened. Am I just really lucky,
> and my coil is a disaster waiting to happen?
  
  >>
Grayson, 

INternal baffles or divisions in the coil arent' needed.  2 x the coil length
for the spark length is OK,  you can go to 3 times , but that's close to
a max.

John Freau

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