Original poster: "M G" <gt4awd@xxxxxxxxx>
Hi everyone,
I finished my first coil a little more than a week ago. A 4" spark
gap coil, using a 9kv 30ma NST, and eleven 2kv .15mfd CD capacitors
in series. For past week or so I have been adjusting certain parts
of the coil to get better output. My recent changes include making a
tap for capacitor eleven, which helped increase secondary streamer
output by some. Raising the secondary coil up more to prevent
overcoupling racing arc's. Still seems to happen on full power runs.
The secondary appears have not received any damage from the
problems, but I will probably add more polyurethane coats just in
case. Some may remember that my primary is at too high an angle, 55
degree's. Is it time to just scrap the primary and make a flat
spiral or can I get good coupling just by raising the secondary up
more? So far the best output of the coil is only around 12-14",
which is no where near the 28" that should be possible using a 9kv
30ma PSU. The coil uses a "Terry filter" setup as shown in the
standard filter schematics. I was wondering if the filter degrades
overall performance some in trade for less stress on the NST?
The toroidal topload, 4"x8.5", is made from aluminum ducting, and
covered in aluminum tape in an attempt to smooth out the sharp
points some. Secondary end is connected to topload by end of the
wire. I have yet to make the secondary top end cap. Secondary bottom
ground, with end cap, is made with end wire wrapped around solid
brass bolt. I would appriciate ANY suggestions for improving the
coil output. Max output is around 10" with occasional 12-14" air stramers.
All of the images I have taken so far of the coil can be viewed on
my imageshack public page.
Link: http://profile.imageshack.us/user/gt4awd/
I would just put links if there was not so many images.
Here are some coil specs I did not mention.
Secondary: 4.20"x20.25" using 26AWG single build magnet wire on thin wall pvc.
Primary: 55 degree angle using 10AWG non-insulated solid copper
wire. Tapped at turn 9.7 with a total of 11 turns. Inside diameter
is nearly 7", outside diameter 13", height of 4.5", and primary turn
spacing of about 1/2". Both connections leading to primary are nearly 2' long.
Wire: Primary circuit wire and ground wire using 12AWG insulated
solid copper wire.
Filtering: Standard "Terry Filter" for high voltage end, and a 2x10
amp CD RFI filter for mains line.
Ground length: Coil support stands about 2' above ground level.
Ground wire has a total length of around 15'.
I might be missing some important information. Let me know if I am.
Thanks,
Matt G.
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