Re: How to Tune a Flat Spiral Coil

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Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> In a message dated 2/26/02 10:00:05 AM Eastern
> Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:

> >
> > Ah, you didn't say -that- before. I always got the
> > impression that it was arcing right through uncut
> > undamaged plexi and hot glue.
> >
> > Where is it arcing to?
> >
> > And I thought those three outer ends were grounded
> and
> > the center was the high voltage side.
> >
> > Steve Greenfield
> 
> 
> Hi Steve, Dave, All,
> This makes more sense all the time. With the center
> grounded, is seems to me
> that what you are seeing is analogous to what you
> would have with a standard
> TC, if the primary were put around the topload
> instead of the base; i.e.,
> ionization and severe arcing from the HV end of the
> secondary coil to the
> nearby primary.

Yes, and suddenly it isn't 300,000V anymore, as it is
-not- jumping through a 1/4 inch of plexi and 1/4 inch
of hot glue, it is jumping out of bare wire.

Steve Greenfield