Re: re-post of double-tapped primary

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Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>

terry*,
i have actually adjusted for racing arcs and\or flashovers by doing
this. when done this way, the taps have to be rotated around the (larger
turn generally) turns to maintain a good tune. also in my case anyway,
the discharge seems to vary wildly in length while changing this?
just wanted you to know that i does work.
marc

*Actually, Jonathon.  Terry just pushed the wrong button :-))

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> 
> I had an idea, for easy changing of coupling. What if, say you had a
> 15-turn pri. and tapped it at 10. Why couldn't you build a 20 turn pri.,
> tap the outer turn at 5 in from the out side (actually 15) and the inner
> tap at 5 from the inside. then, when ever you wanted to change the
> coupling, you would just move both taps at the same time, and you could
> still change how many turns you have. It would look like this:
> 
>     | | | | *| | | | | | | | | | | *| | | | | O
>             outer tap          inner tap       secondary
> 
> Jonathon