Re: Tesla Coil Blunderbusses

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/9/01 8:54:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> >I have seen exactly that effect. I started with a smoothly running
>  >coil, then tuned the primary down to enhance the lower sideband
>  >response. Operation went from smooth to erratic but the sparks
>  >increased considerably in length (about 20% from memory).
>  >
>  >Regards,
>  >malcolm

Malcolm, all,

Thanks to all who have responded.  It turns out I was aware of
this effect, but wasn't thinking.  I wonder why the operation became
erratic at the new tune point?  

John Freau