RE: [TCML] largest secondary coil you'd drive with an NST

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I don't believe it's possible to build a classic spark gap type coil that
will exceed the efficiency of a solid state coil.  The 30% loss in high
heat, light, and UV light in a spark gap can only be beat by eliminating
the spark gap and using very large IGBT bricks for the switching
mechanism.  Also, solid state coils with IGBT switching seem to allow a
bit higher coeff of coupling thus trapping more energy into the sec coil.

If it works this well please haul it to our next fall Teslathon --- I
think a lot of guys would like to see it perform

Many happy holiday sparks,

Dr. Resonance



> Without details and documentation, your statement is little more than
> boastful.  Stating only a wire length and gauge tells us nothing about how
> that might result in exceptionally high efficiency, and claims of high
> efficiency are meaningless without stating how much power was used, the
> type of power supply, and the resulting spark performance.
>
> If I had found some trick to making a spark gap coil rival the efficiency
> of a solid state coil, I would thoroughly document it on a web site, with
> complete specifications and photographic evidence of its construction and
> performance.  I would not expect anyone to believe it otherwise.
>
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Jared Dwarshuis
>> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:01 AM
>> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [TCML] largest secondary coil you'd drive with an NST
>>
>> Our latest coil uses 5.5 miles of 23 gauge and it rivals the efficiancy
>> of a
>> solid state coil.
>>
>> More wire is better!
>>
>> Jared Dwarshuis
>
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Dr. Resonance

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