Re: Racing arc's casued by strike rail

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Subject: Re: Racing arc's casued by strike rail
From: "Marco Denicolai" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs.fi> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:02:11 -0600
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A stupid question:
are both the toroids electrically connected together and to the secondary top
lead, or is the smaller toroid just isolated and by itself?






Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> on 27.05.99 04:45:34

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Subject:  Re: Racing arc's casued by strike rail




Original Poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com


<SNIP>
 On this coil and my 3.0" dia coil,
I use two toroids.  One is mounted on top of the secondary as usual to
provide shielding for the top windings and a second larger toroid is mounted
on top of that with an open cylinder of aluminum flashing used as a spacer
between them.  The distance between the two toroids depends on the size and
power of the system.  Without looking at my notes, the spacing between the
toroids on the smaller coil is about 6.0" and the spacing on the larger coil
is about 14".  Most of the sparks will now leave from the top toroid,
providing additional clearance to prevent strikes down into the primary.

Ed Sonderman