RE: Primary coil configuration

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

Hi Gerry:

I based my opinion on the observation that my coils tend to exhibit
racing sparks whenever the SRSG misses a beat and results in the safety
gap firing, at a higher bang voltage.  The questions you ask about
secondary parameters are excellent ones - I wish I had answers!

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Gary,
>
> Is there any data on max bang size vs secondary coil size??  What
> would be the most important secondary coil size parameter (height,
> diameter, number of turns, etc)??
>
> Gerry R.
>
>
> >Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> >
> >I agree with John Freau's post - there's a limit to how high one may
> >mount the toroid above the secondary, and it works best if you have a
> >smaller toroid just above the secondary and the main, larger one
above
> >that.  I also believe that there's a limit to the "bang size" (1/2 C
> >V**2) that may be applied to a given secondary, above which you'll
get
> >racing sparks.
>
>
>