RE: A new mini-coil competition winner!

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

Just as anyone participating in a foot race without wearing sneakers
would be at a disadvantage.  The point of the competition was to see how
well one may do if we all start with the same PSU.  Granted, if everyone
used an unmodified 4/20, we'd have a better idea of what other factors
resulted in superior performance.  But I didn't want to require
contestants to hobble the performance of their coils by not allowing
shunt removal.  More entries were likely if folks were satisfied with
the resulting performance. And if the resulting experience improves our
understanding of how much de-shunting is possible, we'll have better
coils for that.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Well, its no longer a 4K 20ma contest.  Anyone not removing the
> shunts will be at a disadvantage.
>
> Gerry R.
>
> >Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> >
> >Removing shunts is explicitly permitted, but the modified secondary
> >short circuit current may not exceed 50mA.  Full contest rules and
their
> >rationale are at
http://www.laushaus.com/tesla/minicoilcontest/index.htm
> >
> >Regards, Gary Lau
> >MA, USA