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

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Original poster: Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>

Dan,

The arc current was just completely a subjective judgement.  I think 
if i had a bigger toroid on my coil (perhaps the size of Eds toroid, 
or maybe larger) i could get about the same brightness.  In either 
case we both had very bright arcs, but i will agree that Ed's ground 
arcs were more visually stunning!  I think my max spark length was 
only 10 feet.  I didnt bother tuning the coil, but was getting often 
constant arcs to the door railing above the coil, so i didnt push for 
much more spark length.  Perhaps next year i will have those 12 footers...

Steve

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" 
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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