Re: Dual primaries?

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Original poster: "Luc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ludev-at-videotron.ca>

Hi Chris

The idea of the air tool is good it worth the try. But using 2
primary circuit will be difficult and I don't think could have
any advantage except if you use really low voltage and they will
be near impossible to tune exactly.

Cheers,

Luc Benard 

TESLA list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "christopher carsten by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ctom-at-toast-dot-net>
> 
> Hello list, I have been pondering a design for a while now that I believe
> has not yet been discussed (and there may be a good reason for that):
> Would there be any advantage to using 2 primary circuits matched as close as
> possible on the same secondary? 2 caps, 2 primary coils, 2 nst's (or
> whatever) and 2 static gaps in close proximity of each other. Wouldn't the
> frequency of both coils "sync up" and dump more magnetic flux into the
> secondary thus producing a larger output. Or is this just a dumb inefficient
> way to simulate connecting two xformers in parallel?
> Has anyone tried using a rotary air tool/ comperssor as the base component
> of an async. rotary gap? If your air was dry would you be able to float the
> tool?
> Just a few thoughts,
> Chris