Re: Newbie Design help

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

In a message dated 9/19/01 12:33:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

> Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
>  
>  But if I over-build, will that make my coil less effecient at the 
single-NST
>  power?

Patrick,

not necessarily.  When I tried a 6" x 24" secondary, using a 
12/30 NST, I obtained the same spark length as when I used
a 4" x 23" secondary using the same NST.  The size of a coil
is not that critical.... there's a range of acceptable sizes.
It's the gap design and capacitor quality, and value, that is most
critical.

John