Re: 20 joules at 100 bps vs 4 joules at 500 bps

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Dmitry,


> Original poster: "Dmitry (father dest)" <dest@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> so we need to remove the strike rail and lift the coil upper from the
> ground.

The strike rail is there to protect the primary.  If you remove it, 
the primary will take the hit.



> http://www.lod.org/Projects/electrum/testing/pages/vertstrk.html
> http://www.lod.org/Projects/electrum/testing/pages/pwrfence.html
>
> do you see a giant strike rail or stupid wide flat primary here? no? me too,
> nevertheless in "most coils" they are still present. why not make primary
> like here:

Cant tell.  The photos are too fuzzy.


> http://www.lod.org/Projects/electrum/construction/pages/pricoil.html
> http://www.lod.org/Projects/electrum/NewZealand/pages/nzmanway.html

Helical primaries put the primary closer to the the top of the coil 
and secondary to primary breakdowns are more probable.

Gerry R.