Re: trioid (spelling?)

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

ADAM:   I USE STIFF FLIX-DUCTING NOT DRYER DUCT. IT IS NOT AS SOFT AS DRYER
DUCT.I FLATTER AND CRIMP ONE END LIKE A STOVE-PIPE AND SLIDE THE CRIMPED END
INSIDE THE OTHER END FORMING A TOROID. I BOND IT IN PLACE WITH EPOXI. I USE
2 PIE-PANS TO FORM THE CENTER.
   MARK TWAIN ONCE SAID" IT IS A MAN OF LITTLE IMAGINATION WHO CAN'T SPELL A
WORD MORE THAN ONE WAY."
   ROBERT  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:07:37 -0600
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> Subject: Re: trioid (spelling?)
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> Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 07:19:08 -0600
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> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
> 
> Hi Adam
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> 
>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
>> 
>> I have finally gotten around to winding my secondary.... wow, thats fun!
What
>> can i use for a trioid, i was thinking some stiff dryer duct?
>> Thanks
>> -Adam
> 
> 
> The word that you're thinking of is "toroid" - means "doughnut-shaped".
> From the word "torus", originally from the Latin meaning "protruberance".
> 
> 
> You may be getting confused with "triode" - a thermionic valve with
> three elements: cathode[kathode], anode and grid.  This term crops up
> [on this list] in the context of VTTCs (vacuum tube Tesla coils).  Does
> *not* come from "three lyrical poems" AFAIK ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> M
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