Re: Maggies and such

["acmnovak" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

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Subject: Maggies and such


> Original poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
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>  Hi all!
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>   A question on magnifiers....
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>     I am guessing that the secondary and tertiary coils have to be at the
> same resonant freq.

Nope, the extra coil must resonate at a quarter the wavelength of the
secondary.


Makes sense to me that they would be.  But will having
> different inductances (a big fat driver with mediocre turns and a tertiary
> that's wound with finer wire for more turns so they have the same res.
> freq)..ideas? I'm wanting to get the surge impedance down on the driver so
> it can be coupled tighter.  Yep, gap losses go up, but this is for
> examination more than long sparks.

That's why PTs are specially good for maggies. More voltage=less current
turned into heat while jumping the gap

>
> Caio!
>                 Sundog
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