Re: Power level Vs Coil hieght

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Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com 

Luke,

If I'm not mistaken, list member Ed Sonderman runs a 6" x 27" tall
secondary topped by two toroids and driven by a 5 kVA pole pig and
gets up to 104" sparks from it. Of course he'll also tell you that
he's running this secondary at its "ragged edge" too, but I'm sure
that a 15 kv/90 mA power source would NOT be overstressing a secon-
dary coil of this magnitude. I'm sure Ed himself could comment fur-
ther on his coil in case I have any of the facts and figures confused.

David Rieben

----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:39 am
Subject: Power level Vs Coil hieght

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