Re: 6Kv/30mA

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi jeremy,
                 my 2" coil has just had second light and does 13" with a
7.5kv 30ma
obit with a 12nf cap. so the performance is comparible although mine is
using 45 watts more.
you may be losing power if you have too many gaps with gap losses.
also its the inductance that matters not the size of the coil itself.
mine has 1500 turns of .2mm wire so the inductance is quite high
cheers
colin

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Subject: 6Kv/30mA


 > Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > So, just for fun I decided to hook up my 6Kv/30mA NST
 > to my 4.5" coil. The coil was designed for 15Kv/60mA,
 > so with a little adjusting of the SRSG it would fire
 > for 6Kv. Capacitor size is 10nF. I got approximately
 > 12" streamers. Is this comparable to say, a smaller
 > desktop coil that uses the same level of power?
 >
 >