Primary inductance vs. coupling

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Hi all,

Would a higher primary inductance allow much tighter coupling without
overcoupling? My logic is that the RLC primary although it will ring at the
same freq with a smaller cap and a larger inductor than previously it will
take longer for the primary circuit to ring down, thus allowing a slightly
slower rise in the secondary, allowing tighter coupling... or not :o)

Also in case anyone's interested I am consistently finding that with higher
breakrates I can increase the coupling... has anyone else noticed this?
John, I believe you said something about this at one point...

Best Regards,
Jason

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