RE: Al duct vs Chicken Wire

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


...if a person used several  round gazing balls, placed in a circle 
pattern (like a toroid ) would the coil see this as one continuous 
toroid, or ?????  I thought I saw a pic of this somewere, but maybe I 
was dreamin'   .............


From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  RE: Al duct vs Chicken Wire
Date:  Mon, 09 Jan 2006 19:14:59 -0700
>Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
>
>It is true that to achieve a single long streamer one must minimize
>surface irregularities, but even more important, the toroid must be
>the
>correct size.  And the only way to know what size that is is to make
>an
>educated guess, based on the experience of others, build it, and see
>how
>it performs.  If it's smooth and you still get multiple streamers,
>you
>need a bigger top load.  Luckily one can stack multiple toroids.
>
>Regards, Gary Lau
>MA, USA
>
> > Original poster: Just Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I'll probably build a chicken wire toroid anyway,
> > but I wanted to ask for opinions on the performance
> > of a chicken wire-based topload vs Aluminum ducting.
> >
> > I currently have a 4" inner diameter Al duct as my
> > topload and I get about streamers breaking out of
> > about 5-6 places simultaneously.  Is is true that
> > with a perfectly smooth toroid there tends to be
> > one large streamer instead of many smaller ones?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Justin in Austin
> >
>
>