Re: magnifer coil and extra coil. What are they for?

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Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>

At 20:16 04/01/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>What do magnifer coils and extra coils do? are they a part of a tesla 
>coil, or is it something diffrent? Thanks
>Adam
>

A magnifier is a Tesla coil that has three coils instead of two. The 
primary and secondary are like in a normal Tesla coil, but the secondary is 
(usually) shorter and fatter. The top of the secondary connects to the 
bottom of a third coil, the extra coil, that normally sits on a stand a 
couple of feet away. The sparks come off the top of this one.

It's not clear whether magnifiers are more efficient than normal Tesla 
coils, but they are more difficult to design, so you get extra kudos for 
building one ;)

Steve C.