Re: Wire length (fwd)

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Original poster: Gerry Reynolds <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:23:49 -0700
From: Gary Peterson <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wire length

Subject: Re: Wire length


The "Col. Springs magnifier coil" that D.C. refers to is the master 
oscillator transformer, the secondary of which does not function as a 
helical resonator.  The voltage gain is, for the most part, a function of 
the ratio of transformation.  If one were to build a classic Tesla coil with 
a short, fat secondary, then arcing to the primary would eventually occur as 
the input power was increased.

>>A very large, short, fat, coil.
>>One reason Tesla used a 52 ft. dia for his Col. Springs magnifier coil.
>>
>>However, this is not the only consideration.  Build a coil this way and it
>>will always be arcing to the primary!

>    So how did Tesla solve this problem 110+ years ago?  Or did he accept
> primary strikes as a given?
>
> -Phil LaBudde