Re: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:58:50 -0400
From: Jonathon Reinhart <jonathon.reinhart@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd)

Thanks.. I had no idea on that MV number...  What's the formula for that?

On 6/28/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:43:54 -0500
> From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd)
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> Nice to hear you have your coil running properly.
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> BTW, 46 inch streamers represent around 240 kV in Tesla coil service.
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> Resonance Research Corp.
> www.resonanceresearch.com
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> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:20 PM
> Subject: Jonathon's 6" Coil (fwd)
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> > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:11:05 -0400
> > From: Jonathon Reinhart <jonathon.reinhart@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Jonathon's 6" Coil
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> > Hello everyone.  I read the post about people maybe not giving updates
> on
> > their projects, etc. so I thought I'd give a little feedback.
> >
> > Some of you have heard about, and some of you helped (thanks!) get my
> coil
> > started a few years back, and a little bit of help lately with my RSG.
> > Almost a year ago, before I went to school I built with the help of my
> > dad,
> > a pretty decent SRSG.   A week or two ago, I got it hooked up, after
> > doubling my tank cap from 17nf  to 34uf.
> >
> > At first, my results were quite disappointing.  I was getting plenty of
> > bright sparks at the SRSG, but absolutely no output from the coil, which
> I
> > had tuned to its previous (Segmented SSG) sweet spot.   I played and
> > played
> > with the rotation of the motor, but got nothing.  I was starting to get
> > worried, concerned that I had possibly blown one of my caps due to the
> > SRSG
> > being out-of-phase.
> >
> > Getting frustrated and ready to go inside for the night, I grabbed my
> > primary tap and threw it on about 1/2 way in.  Keep in mind this primary
> > is
> > only about 10-11 turns anyway.  Turned off the lights, and threw the
> > switch
> > for my coil.  Hey!  About 4 inches of breakout.  So I knew it was just a
> > matter of fiddling with it.  After playing and playing with the SRSG and
> > the
> > primary coil, I had set a new personal record for streamer length of 46"
> > to
> > a (poorly) grounded point.  This only beat my previous record of 44 by
> two
> > inches, but hey it's progress.
> >
> > Points for improvement have been noted, however.  When adjusting the
> SRSG,
> > I
> > keep getting longer and longer streamers, but then the safety gaps start
> > firing.  I believe I have them set too conservatively far in.  I think I
> > will open them up some.  Also, my topload is 4" aluminum dryer duct
> around
> > standard-sized pie pans.  I have some 6" aluminum flexible duct work
> (HVAC
> > style) that is more ridgid, and longer, so I can stretch it out around a
> > larger  pizza-sized pie pan.
> >
> > Glad to be playing with ~0.75MV again :-)
> >
> > Jonathon
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