Re: streamer output - toroids vs. spheres

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

This maybe could be done if you happen to be using a
4" X 13" or so toroid. All along the highways, there
are discarded chrome-plated hemispheres that fall off
tractor trailer wheels; the equivalent of hubcaps. I
have one and have seen dozens more over the years that
I've been coiling. All you gotta do is stop and pick
one up. It seems to fit fairly well on my topload, and
with some minor trimming, you would have a
Wardenclyffe looking topload (kinda, sorta). I've
never tried it, but I assume the results could be
similar to a sphere.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: mileswaldron@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> It seems that everyone is using toroids as toploads
> these days. I
> admit tuning a coil with a toroid is much easier
> than tuning a coil
> with a sphere; however, there is one remarcable
> difference in
> streamer output that I have noticed. This type of
> streamer output is
> so *AMAZING* that I don't like toroids, and prefer
> spheres.
>
> What I see happen with a tuned in sphere, with
> careful and painful
> adjustments, is that I can get exactly 1 streamer
> rolling around the
> top of the ball. The streamer will eventually settle
> itself down on
> the top of the ball and start "reaching" upwards.
> The end of the
> streamer licks and curls around in a shape that I
> cannot describe,
> going inside itself in fractal looking loops. It
> will stand there
> doing this for quite some time. It is a beautiful
> site to see. My 3"
> diameter coil can project a 42" streamer upwards
> using a single 12-60 NST.
>
> This is a simple observation about topload shape
> that I hope will
> foster some interesting commentary.
>
> Miles
>
>
>


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