Re: Wire length (fwd)

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Original poster: Gerry Reynolds <greynolds@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:20:26 -0700
From: Gary Peterson <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Wire length (fwd)

" . . . the primary inside the secondary . . ."

If one were to build a classic Tesla coil with a short, fat secondary and 
having the primary positioned outside of it, then flashover to the primary 
would eventually occur as the input power was increased.

> From: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>

>> 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.

>  I beg to differ.....if the coils were 25 ft in diameter and the height 
> 0.45 times that....and a big fat toroid on top....AND the primary insid 
> the secondary.....I doubt you would get strikes to the primary...
>
>  Mike