Re: Primary Resonant Frequency question . . .

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

Of course, if push does come to shove and you need more primary inductance,
consider "plane B" the external inductor ;-))

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/TeslaMeet2001-10/Pa210049a.jpg

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:39 PM 8/17/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>> My question, is that I'm using a SRSG with a LTR capacitor of 0.0275uF
>> instead of the 0.0106uF.  Does this change my resonant frequency
>> calculations at all????
>
>YES!! Your tank cap and inductance determine the primary resonance.  With
>such a large cap (compared to before), your resonance will drop quite a bit,
>so the inductance will have to lowered (less turns) to compensate - good
>news for you since with the 0.0106 uF cap, you wouldn't have been able to
>tune it.
>
>> Also, other than changing my topload, re-doing my primary, is there any
>> other way to increase the resonant frequency of my secondary assembly???
>
>The ONLY way to change your secondary's resonance (other than changing it's
>physical characteristics, i.e. # of turns, diameter, length, etc.) is by
>changing the topload (well, you could put a core in it, but that would be
>bad for HV . . . ).  Once again, more C (bigger topload) will give you a
>lower resonant freq.  The trick is matching the two resonant freqs with the
>primary, cap, and topload that you have available.  :-)
>
>Good luck!
>Sean Taylor
>