Re: toroid stacking?

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


If you are stacking you can also get a capacitance gain by rolling up some
strong 1 x 1 inch mesh wire into a cylinder.  Insert this cylinder between
the toroids with a length equal to 3-4 times the toroids minor diameter.


The usual rule of thumb for dual stacking is 150% x the capacitance of a
single toroid.  We measured this on a pair of stacked 12 x 48's on a large
machine.

Dr. Resonance


 > 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.
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