RE: Power level Vs Coil hieght

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Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net> 

John:
You kinda lost me there.
If I keep the same gap distance (yes I will be using a static gap) the
break rate will rise and the sparks will get longer if I ..........  If
I do what?
You mean loosen the coupling?

And if so do you or anyone else have a method they use for determining a
good coupling for a system.  Like start at max coupling and work down?
If that is the case what do I look for to see that I have decreased it
the right amount?

Thanx

Looks like 1350 watts it will be.    Wooooo  Hooooooo

By the way not sure when ill have it up but im working on a web page.
Wont be anything special just a place to let people check out my stuff
and I can post pics to share ideas etc.  Can't wait.  The web page thing
is a bit confusing but I think im figuring it out.

Luke Galyan
Bluu-at-cox-dot-net

-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 4:38 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Power level Vs Coil hieght

Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com

In a message dated 2/15/04 11:01:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Luke,

It will work fine.  It just may need a looser coupling to prevent
racing sparks.  Also, if you keep the spark gap spacing the
same (static gap), the breakrate will rise, and the sparks will
get longer, but the racing sparks won't appear.

John



 >I have my secondary wound and it is 6.315" dia and 27" tall with 1500
turns
 >of 26 AWG wire.
 >I was going to use 15KV 60ma NST.  But the evil side kicked in and said
 >MORE!!!!!!!!
 >What are some opinions on how bad it would push this coil if I bumped
up to
 >15KV 90ma?
 >
 >Seems to me it is boarder line.  The sensible side says don't push it
and
 >it will last longer.
 >The other side of me says go ahead bump it up.
 >
 >Thoughts?
 >
 >Luke Galyan
 >Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
 >
 >