Beating Steve's coil >:o))

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

Well, I guess Steve Ward has the "best" DRSSTC...  Grrrrrrrr... :o)))

I was always hoping to use my DRSSTC drive box on my "big coil" for big 
arcs.  My little, easily portable, DRSSTC coil cannot take big arcs...  So 
I ran that past ScanTesla:

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/BigCoil-AsIs-02.gif

Pretty graph, but only 100kV!!!! :-((

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/BigCoil-AsIs-01.gif

Barely a joule of energy to the load!!  And I note that spike looks like a 
middle finger :-p

The streamer energy rise time is "cloudy"...

http://hot-streamer.com/temp/BigCoil-AsIs-03.gif

Bottom line is, my idea of "just driving it" with a DRSSTC box is going to 
be a disaster!!!!!!!

I am running 4.6 million models right now to see if I can still use the 
secondary system and primary coil...  The biggest problem is the original 
coil's "tiny" 27.7uF primary cap...  Real bad bang energy and rise 
time...  That coil has a wide and well known coupling range...  The model 
will take several hours...  If I have to go with a new secondary system, it 
might take a month to find the "super" combination!!.... ;-))))  I might 
have to bring the 64bit Sun computer back on-line!!

Cheers,

	Terry