Re: Al duct vs Chicken Wire

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


I may try it sometime if I can a half dozen or so 6" gazing balls a 
reasonable price.......

From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  Re: Al duct vs Chicken Wire
Date:  Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:51:45 -0700
>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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>
> > 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
> >  > >
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