Re: another newbie

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 12/11/03 5:13:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>hi everyone,
>
>would a 15\30 nst be good enoughto run a 6"
>using a static gap and mmc or should i stick to
>a 4" or 5"
>i also have acsess to 160mm(6.3"), 220mm(8.7"),
>280mm(11.0"), 440mm(17.3") highly polished
>stainless steel spheres about 0.020" thick.
>i would like to be able to use one of these for a
>topload or am i better off sticking to a toroid.
>
>regards
>richard
>australia


Richard,

I would go with the 6.0" secondary.  It will perform well and scale up well 
as you increase the power input.  My 6.0" started out with a 12 kv 30 ma 
transformer and now uses a 14.4 kv 5kva supply.  You can use the spheres as 
a topload although I have always had to use a toroid on top of the 
secondary and then the sphere raised up above that.

Ed Sonderman