RE: Twin Coil question . . .Primary Connections

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



So no real benefit between running the primaries in series, or running them
in parallel???

Dan



  Dan,
 >
 > Yes - just connect the two primaries in series and treat it
 > as one composite
 > primary.  The rest of the tank circuit is the same as a
 > single TC.  No -
 > other variations (e.g. primaries in parallel) won't work better.
 > --Steve Y.
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 12:45 PM
 > Subject: Twin Coil question . . .
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Just a quick question on standard twin tesla coils.
 >  >
 >  > I would think a standard twin tesla coil would be
 > comprised of one tank
 >  > circuit (consisting of one capacitor and one spark gap)
 > which is then
 > wired
 >  > to both tesla coils.  The only difference being each tesla
 > coil is wired
 > out
 >  > of phase with the other.
 >  >
 >  > Is this correct???
 >  >
 >  > Are there any other variations in this scheme which seem
 > to work better???
 >  >
 >  > Thanks
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >