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