Re: toroid stacking?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>



Typically, people will stack toroids to increase the capacitance, and
therefore lower the resonant frequency of their tesla coil.  Toroid stacking
doesn't not really affect performance all that much except increasing the
capacitance of the secondary (decreasing resonant frequency) and possibly
affecting the minimum break-out voltage of the secondary.





 > Hello all.
 >
 > Toroid question.
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 > A. what is the consensus on toroid stacking? A number of smaller toroids
 > instead of 1 lager one. All we are shooting for is surface area right?
 > B. I've been thinking about the toroids of Greg Leyh. Like the ones on his
 > big coils and on the Electrum. They are made of tubing. I'm imagining a
 > copper tubing toroid. Get fat 1" copper refrigerator tubing and make a
 > toroid. It could be any size you want and be supper smooth and cool
 > looking. Just picture the sparks slipping and sliding from segment to
segment.
 >
 > Read you later
 > Josh
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