RE: The 1500t secondary myth (long)

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Original poster: "Ralph Zekelman" <gridleak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

When I put one of my coils on the bench there is less than a two-foot
clearance
to the overhead lights and conduit. No room for dancing sparks in the up
direction.
Using John's smooth 3 x 16 toroids on the bipolar twin produces a
beautiful
50-inch spark between the coils.  If I use the corrugated duct toroids
there
are streamers in all directions that leave less energy for the central
spark
between the two coils. However, John's toroids give a single horizontal
breakout
between the two coils.

Ralph








When the sparks are
permitted to break out from a smooth toroid without a breakout
point, the sparks move and glide around the toroid in a visually
pleasing manner.  Many folks like to see this effect.  Also many
folks have enough room for the sparks so they don't need to
direct the sparks in any particular direction.  For example my
TT-42 coil is best viewed in all its splendor by letting the sparks
roam around the toroid without a breakout point.

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Cheers,
John