Re: OLTC update - Poor seconadry Q

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

Hi Bert,

First thing I tried.  It made no difference.  Apparently the low Q is
something with just the secondary/toroid.  I will take off the toroid and
investigate more...  

Cheers,

	Terry


At 07:49 AM 8/31/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Terry,
>
>I'd bet if you remove the secondary from the primary and re-measure it
>you'll see a Q more like 200. The primary "gap" is conducting on
>alternate half cycles, sapping energy from your secondary and lowering
>the effective Q.
>
>Best regards,
>
>-- Bert --
>-- 
>Bert Hickman
>Stoneridge Engineering
>"Electromagically" (TM) Shrunken Coins!
>http://www.teslamania-dot-com
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>> 
>> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I have adjusted my coil as best I can but the output still seems "weak".  I
>> think I now know why.  My secondary Q is only 36.  That works out to a
>> secondary AC resistance of about 3300 ohms!!  R = 2 x pi x F x L / Q
>> 
><SNIP>
>> 
>>         Terry
>