Re: New though on inductance

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Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Jim Mora" <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello Again,
> Every time I post here I got a new idea! The 
> butt splices are 1.5 cm long (bare tinned) (~1/2 
> ?). What if I cut all the leads to .75cm and 
> crimp and solder them in 22x strings attached to 
> a sizeable buss. That would be 20 straight 
> splices x 1.5 cm = 30 cm straight, thats about 
> 12?. Imagine all the inductance and extra length 
> the other cooler way? someone pop this bubble. 
> It seems to be an improvement. The strings will 
> be fairly rigid. Hmm, there would be room to 
> push the resistor end in the butt splice (cut to 
> length) as well so everything is held well and 
> the temp extreme near the cap?s ends will only be applied once.
> Comments from our inductor savvy group 
> components? Or will I decommission 300 caps via this method?
> As Always Thanks,
> Jim Mora

Hi Jim,

Not to worry - the added inductance simply 
behaves like a bit of "off axis" inductance in 
the primary circuit. It's effect (above adding a 
small amount of primary "loop" inductance) is 
merely to slightly reduce your system's 
Primary:Secondary coupling coefficient. Added 
lead resistance will also reduce your primary Q a 
bit, but this effect will be in the noise level 
when compared to losses in your spark gap.

Best regards,

Bert
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