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RE: First light great. Spherical toploads

Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

You are looking at a very expensive way to mimic a real toroid poorly.

The toroid shape and size (large) are there for a reason -- they are as
much a part of the electrical circuit as the transformer, spark gap,
capacitors, etc... This is what connects the output of the Tesla Coil to
the Atmosphere.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:21 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: First light great. Spherical toploads
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> Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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> Has anyone ever tried using many spheres , arranged in a
> circle , in a
> toroid shape ?? How would this work ??
>
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>  >From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>  >Subject: Re: First light great. Spherical toploads
>  >Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:09:16 -0600
>  >
>  >Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >
>  >I have compared single and dual toroids and spherical toploads.  The
>  >spherical topload directs ALL sparks downward causing predominantly
>  >primary strikes. A large toroid on a smaller one directs strikes
>  >upwards and avoids primary strikes almost completely even with
>  >sparks 3 times secondary length. I recommend double toroids for
>  >serious coils.  Look at the top of the secondary on my site with
>  >minimal corona which doesn't give primary strikes.
>  >
>  >Peter (Tesla Downunder)
>  >http://tesladownunder.com
>  >

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