Re: Al duct vs Chicken Wire

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Original poster: "Brian" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No, you did see a picture, i know there was one used stainless balls, i also
remember a ring of copper toilet balls where the author had used water
pressure to stretch them into nice round  balls. however i dont have a clue
where?
it would be a good thing to try, i use fan shrouds with good luck, and even
chicken wire has worked, would be an interesting expirement. cul brian f.
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Subject: RE: Al duct vs Chicken Wire


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