Re: ground rules

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

Your power supply sounds too small. I'm assuming its a 6000v NST. If its a 
6000v/60ma NST then I think it might be too small for a 6" coil. Only 360VA,   
someone else can probably confirm if this isn't strong enough for a 6" 
secondary. Using the formula Sq.Rt. of power times 1.7 to estimate max. 
performance acheivable with a P. Supply at the best you could get 32." I hope 
I didn't waste my time typing this and your time reading this because you 
have a better supply. Not that I don't want you to have a better supply. 


In a message dated 4/16/01 9:22:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Hi my name is ken and am building my first serious coil,as a 
>    new chum to this game can you help me with some ground rules,maths 
>    is double dutch to me so any help other wise wil assist. 
>
>    I am currently running a 6" coil 22swg 28" long. 
>
>    Sec coil is 3/8 copper tube flat spiral 16 turns 
>
>    Cap 12 plates 9"by 12" alu flashing flat stacked with polyethalene 
>    sheets.Im only using 5 plates as this gives the best spark. 
>
>    input around 6000v static gap 5gaps total 1/2". 
>
>    total spark length at the moment is only 6" what am I doing wrong? 
>
>                                                 Ken.