Re: Resonate or Not ?

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Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

I think he means having an actual TC and not a pulse transformer where you 
will get a spark at every bang if the coupling is tight enough even if it's 
not tuned (my first TC ended up like that, when I thought tighter was 
better, secondary didn't last very long either).

Mike
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Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Resonate or Not ?


> Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx
> In a message dated 2/27/05 1:27:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> > >How do you determine if a tesla coil is operating at true resonance or
> > >not? What are the things that a person should observe when buiding a >coil
> > >unit....to ensure that it operates at resonance.....without force >driving
> > >the unit ?
> > >Thanks to all responses
> > >Chris
> > >
>
>
> Chris,
>
> Not sure what you mean by force driving the unit.  Generally
> good spark output will be obtained only if the system is well-tuned.
>
> Generally one builds the coil, then moves the tap point along
> the primary until the best spark output is obtained.  TC programs
> such as JavaTC will help to insure that you have enough primary
> turns to be able to properly tune the coil, etc.
>
> Cheers,
> John