Re: tesla-d Digest V02 #490

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Original poster: "Greg Leyh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Although the Litz tuner did measurably change the tuning
during single-shot testing, it seemed to have little if
any effect on the actual production of arcs.  I had thrown
it in with the original equipment in order to have an
extra knob, not appreciating just how flat the tuning peak
is at full output.



>Original poster: "Dave Larkin" <teslaman15-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>[snip]
>I believe, the logic behind Greg Leyh's real time tuning attempt was to
>allow re-tuning on load, to compensate for the 'ion cloud' and streamer
>capacitance effects.  The relatively low system Q means that this had
>little/no effect (correct me if I'm wrong Greg).