RE: Passive Ballasting for DRSSTC - My thoughts before Ed Wingates Teslathon

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>


Ed,

Sounds good, although i have a question regarding your statement
regarding the comparison of arc current.
Did you guys actually measure the arc current of each coil and able to
make the comparison that way or
were you merely comparing visually the apparent "brightness" of the arcs
with your eyes.

I believe you did mention to me last year that you measured the output
current of your magnifier.  If so,
what was the measured peak arc current?

Thanks

Dan




Dan,

"With all due respect to Steve's very impressive solid state coil, and
special thanks to Steve for bringing it to the Teslathon here, my
magnifier still outperforms the solid state coil in arc current and
arc length by a comfortable margin as observed by many in attendance. .
. "


Best Regards to all,

Ed Wingate RATCB