RE: The 1500t secondary myth (long)

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>

For my 15/60 coil, the sync RSG configuration beats all static gaps I've
tried hands-down.  Although it's tempting to focus on other things, one
has to remember that streamer length is a function of bang size.  So for
the same available power, a low BPS SRSG will out-perform a higher BPS
gap, and a static gap will have a higher average BPS.

Static gaps also have widely-varying bang-sizes that are as chaotic in
magnitude as in timing (a little known fact!), so one is forced to
reduce the coupling so that the largest, infrequent bangs do not cause
racing sparks.  Since SRSG bangs are all the same size, the coupling may
be adjusted so they are all just below racing spark threshold.

Exactly why I was able to use such a large Cp is unclear and research
into this is on my to-do list.  Big top loads are also necessary.

Trying the SRSG on my 4/20 mini-coil is also on my list, and although it
would still conform to the contest rules, it strains the definition of
"mini".  If I can get the gap clearance small enough to work with 4kV,
it _should_ boost performance to a new level.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
>  Whoops! My mistake - I misread that post! I had read it as ".004" uF,
> and was wondering if the high-breakrate small-cap idea was at work
there.
>  How is Gary (and you, John) getting such good performance? Gary has
> some interesting pressurized gap designs on his site, but are they
what he
> is currently using?
>
> -Phil LaBudde


>  > I haven't heard about those results.  The last I heard Gary got his
>  > best results by using a somewhat larger cap than most folks would
>  > think of using.  The resonant value for his system is 0.01uF, often
>  > LTR values of 2.5 or 3.3 x reso are recommended, but Gary got
>  > his best results using a 0.04uF cap.  He got about a 70" spark or
>  > so.  This is using a 15/60 NST.  Gary demonstrated this coil at
>  > Ed Wingate's last Teslathon.