Re: More DRSSTC magnifier work

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Original poster: "Paul B. Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Steve,
Well, as usual, your workmanship is impeccable. I think it's beautiful and 
awesome!!!
Where do you get those really large fuse clips? And, where do you get sonotube?
Thanks.
Paul
Think Positive

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Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: More DRSSTC magnifier work

> Original poster: Steve Ward 
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>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Im happy to say that the magnifier 2, first light was quite a success.
>  I could produce 9 foot strikes from a 21" tall resonator.  I have
> several modifications to make already!  I wound my secondary to 19"
> length, though originally intending for a 17" winding.  I figured i
> could pull the wire off later if it was too much, and indeed it is, i
> will be removing 1-2" of winding from the bottom of the coil.  The
> coupling is also much too high, so hopefully the removal of those
> lower turns will help with that.
>
> I had to add a toroid to the base of the resonator to keep corona from
> forming across the coil!  The corona really looked lovely, but i was
> quite afraid of the coil shorting itself out.  Adding a small toroid
> to the base fixed the problem completely, allowing the 9' sparks.
>
> Anyway, all the information (and pictures!) are on the webpage for the coil:
>
> 
<http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTCmag2.htm>http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTCmag2.htm
>
> Enjoy
>
> Steve Ward
>
>