Re: Where to put the coil guts

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

Jim,

The tank capacitors and the spark gap should be close to the coil,
to keep losses low (but not too close).  The power transformer can 
be far away.  

Despite what I just said above, the tank caps and spark gap could
probably be located at some distance (10 feet away for example),
and it probably wouldn't make much or any difference in the
performance, esp if thick cables are used.  

John

>
> Aside from portability, why does everybody put the "guts" of the coil in a
> base underneath?
> Is it possible to place them remote from the coil(s), like in a separate
> room? or are the losses too great?
> Or other issues like running long lengths of HV cable being dangerous?
>
> Just curious.
>
> << Jim >>
>