RE: What's going on?

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Original poster: "Christopher 'CajunCoiler' Mayeux" <cajuncoiler-at-cox-dot-net> 


As previously stated, complete parameter listings are available in the
file...
http://www.msbdatasystems-dot-com/cajuncoiler/kong.zip

What I've been doing to it, lately, is listed in the "what's new" section
of my coiling website, at...
http://www.cajuncoiler.tk
or http://tesla.msbdatasystems-dot-com


 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 7:11 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: What's going on?
 >
 >
 > Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 > In a message dated 4/13/04 10:06:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > I seem to remember that you're using a static gap?   This will often
 > reduce the spark length by about 10% if it's a good gap.  If your
 > gap is not quenching well, or overheating or something, this can
 > limit performance.  In any case you got a good improvement over
 > the original 8".  Did you try adding even more turns to see if
 > you have enough turns now?  If not that may help.  Your' toroid
 > should be at least 4" x 17" also if it's corregated dryer ducting.
 > Blowing some air on the gap may help too.  I forget your exact
 > set-up so I just gave general comments here.  There's always the
 > possibility that the NST is damaged too, unless you've compared
 > it with other ones, etc.  Tesla coils don't have
 > many components, so there are only a few things that could be
 > limiting the performance.  Usually limitations are caused by;
 > spark gap quality, tuning accuracy, NST condition, or toroid size.