[TCML] Improving performance

["Stephen J. Hobley" <shobley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think we've found the optimum tuning. I need to check with a flu tube
to see if we are at the primary osc, and not a harmonic - but so far
everything looks good.

I'm going to increase the quenching on the spark gap, but would you say
that 1/4" is about the most we should go to?

Also we have a 15 degree slope on our primary - would a flat primary,
with looser coupling help us to increase spark length?

We're going to try dual gaps, then the sucker gap, and when we've
exhausted that avenue we'll by trying a rotary gap.

Thanks again for all your help.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Alan
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 7:16 PM
To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [TCML] I guess that's 'first light'...

Great Steve! 
If you saw 12 inches in the daylight, I can tell you they are A LOT
longer!
Great News

 
 Alan Majernick
TeslaStuff.com
 -----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of Stephen J. Hobley
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:45 PM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: [TCML] I guess that's 'first light'...

OK I sanded the inside of the coil - did not remove all of the trace but
abou 90% - I will work on this again later.

 

Cleaned the inside with alcohol, made sure not to get alcohol on the
coil. 

 

Removed the metal connector on the top and replaced it with a nylon
bolt, relocated the top of coil to outside the form.

 

I ran the coil again for about 30 seconds with no evidence of streamers,
then checked inside the form to see if there was any fresh scoring -
there was none. 

 

Re-adjusted the primary tap and got 12" streamers coming off the top.
Difficult to say how long they really were as it was sunny outside. But
it's working! 

 

Now I can start to get it optimized...

 

Steve

 

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