Re: Tesla Coiling / High Voltage Research Topics

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


I have already determined this through testing a few years ago.

With several small and medium size coils running synchro RSG (1800 RPM) we
found best performance in the range 2.8 to 3.2 x fres.  We usually use 3.0
for our systems.  Performance drops off above 3.3 value.

For static sparkgaps we use 1.6 x fres value.


Dr. Resonance

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 >
 > One thing on my to-do list is to determine the capacitor size that will
 > pull the highest power from an NST.  Years ago it was assumed to be the
 > mains-resonant value, and it now appears that an LTR value is best, but
 > exactly how much LTR is unclear.  I had performed some simulations, but
 > I think these may be flawed in that they don't take into account shunt
 > saturation.
 >