Re: potential gain vs. power in TC systems

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

Hi D.C.

Yes, i built 2 DRSSTC magnifiers, a small one and a large one.  See
the following webpages:

http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTCmag1.htm

And a comparison between the 2 and 3-coil system for the small coil:

http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/2vs3coil.htm

And finally, the bigger maggy:

http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTCmag2.htm

I managed only 9 foot sparks from a 21" tall resonator (and 19" tall
driver).  The system had chronic flash-over issues with the primary
and secondary coil arrangement.  I had to severely lower my coupling
to keep it from arcing.  Overall, the magnifier just seemed too
problematic, and i wasnt seeing any real benefits when compared with
the 2-coil system.  The 2 coil system later produced 12' sparks from a
45" winding, making my spark vs coil length ratio much larger for the
2 coil system.  I still have all of the magnifier components, so i
might revisit it later, but not for awhile as far as i can see.

Steve Ward


> Has anone on the list (Steve Ward or Christopher Hooper are you
> listening???) designed and built a solid state tiertiary coil
> "magnifier" system?  With the incredible efficiency of solid state
> switching it would be cool to see a DRSSTC magnifier type system run.
>
> Dr. Resonance