Re: RE:primary dummy loading

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Original poster: "tesla by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-paradise-dot-net.nz>


> I was wondering if anyone has come up with a way to dissipate the bulk
> of each primary bang in something less hazardous to my basement (and me
> and my scope) than streamers.  I was thinking of either some kind of
> dummy load resistor in series with the primary.  Or perhaps placing a
> sheet of aluminum slightly above the primary to dissipate the bangs as
> eddy currents?
>
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA

Team
A very useful facility to have.

Perhaps a couple of turns of wire about the same diameter as the Primary on
a piece of insulating sheet placed above the primary. This winding could be
terminated in a resistor to absorb the coupled energy.
A high coupling coefficient would rapidly remove energy form the primary.
BTW I've not actually tried this idea

I realise this load does not have the interactive dynamics of a true
secondary but it might be useful for some types of testing such as gap
firing voltages.

Rgds
Ted Linney inNZ