Re: VERY HIGH BPS at 6kw!

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Original poster: "Bunnykiller by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>


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>  I am also using a 4 pack MOT with .048 uF geek type MMC without ballasting
>on a 6.5 x 32 inch coil with 24G wire. I get 7 foot sparks but I use a
>rotary gap rather than a sucker gap and have a much larger toroid(s) of 12"
>x 29" upper and 8" x 20" lower.  To get 8 foot sparks I use 0.092 uF with
>primary tapped at about 6 or 7 turns from memory. It is well behaved if
>there is a breakout point.
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>Peter (Tesla Downunder) http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren/
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Sheesh  what am I doing wrong????    I have a 12X56 secondary with 36KV in 
the primary and only getting 12' streamers....and you are getting 8' with 4 
MOTS???  I think I need to rethink my system...

Scot D