Re: [TCML] Slow progress.

["Tim Meehan" <btmeehan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Since I had mentioned "conical" ... how about a conical secondary?  I saw
this coil in Fry's Electronics and it probably was a life changing
experience.  :)

http://www.ttr.com/Fry-coil.htm

Other than being ridiculously hard to construct, do conical secondaries
offer anything to the tesla coil enthusiast?  Prehaps it is less likely to
strike from topload to the secondary wiring?

On Nov 16, 2007 8:18 AM, Lau, Gary <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx> wrote:

> The only reason, IMHO, to use a conical primary rather than a flat
> primary, would be if something about one's primary construction does not
> allow the secondary to be lowered enough to achieve a desired level of
> coupling, a conical primary may work out better.  But if a flat primary is
> designed to permit a wide range of coupling, I can't see any advantage to a
> conical primary.
>
> That said, I've noticed that most of the DRSSTC's appear to favor conical
> primaries.  Is this just to permit easier primary tapping?
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Tim Meehan
> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:59 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [TCML] Slow progress.
> >
> > Ah - I see what you mean about how you used them - I think that I could
> > probably get my drill and a saw and attempt one.
> >
> > Is there any real difference between the performance of a flat coil
> primary
> > and a inverted cone shape primary?
>
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