Re: Strike Rail Usefulness

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Winston,
            My two cents:

On 4 Nov 2002, at 19:36, Tesla list wrote:

 > Original poster: "Winston Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > 	Speaking of strike rails, I've got problem/question.  I DO have a
 > strike rail on my 6" system, but the coil always goes around it to hit
 > the primary :-|.  Sometimes it will hit the strike rail, then break off
 > from it to hit the outermost primary turn.  Almost every spark that goes
 > "down low" ends up nailing the lower deck, and firing the safety gaps.
 > I've tightened all the connectors in the ground system, so a bad
 > connection isn't the problem.
 >
 > Comments???

The strike rail is too close to the primary coil and the secondary
could usefully be made taller. I love tall coils. Arcs to the strike
rail, primary etc are boring. I've found sparks are more likely to
connect with the ground and other things positioned laterally with a
taller secondary.

Regards,
Malcolm

 > Thanks,
 > Winston K.
 >
 > PS-I'm in the process of building a new 6" coil, and was testing the new
 > secondary with the new cap, along with my old vacuum gap and primary.  I
 > used my 4 H&R xfmrs in series for about 4 kVA.  The gap completely
 > choked on this, yielding 4.5 feet up top, and looked very flame like.  I
 > switched in my SRSG, and with rough phasing, got nice 6-7 foot forked
 > streamers.  With a big toroid, this thing could really cook ;-)))).
 >
 >
 >