Re: bi-polar (center-fed) TC

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• Subject: Re: bi-polar (center-fed) TC
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 14:21:20 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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In a message dated 99-05-08 06:17:57 EDT, you write:
  >snip
<< Streamers and arcs will establish themselves between
> the two toroids. Sometimes this arrangement is
> referred to as a "TWIN" coil arrangement. You can
> get toroid-to-toroid strikes that are almost
> double what you would get from a single coil.
 
> Ed Wingate and others have built very impressive twin
> coil systems.
 
> Fr. Tom McGahee >>


Fr. Tom, all,

Based on the square law for spark length vs. power input, I would
expect the sparks from a twin coil or bi-polar coil to be about 40%
longer for the power input than from a normal TC (just my thoughts,
I haven't done any comparison tests).  

Has anyone done a careful comparison?

John Freau

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