Re: [TCML] secondary variable frequency

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Phil,

FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx wrote:
> What if the "new cap" had a significantly higher  capacitance than the 
> existing equivalent capacitance of the secondary and  topload? wouldn't the "new 
> cap" then predominate?
>   

No it won't. Ctotal (series)= (C1xC2)/(C1+C2). It always ends up a 
little smaller even with a huge cap (when in series). Just use C2 for 
your "added" cap value and make it as many magnitudes larger than C1 
that you like. It will always be smaller.


> This is one of the issues I'm mulling over in the  "discharging a DC cap 
> through the secondary" experiment... And even with a  small cap of the same 
> order of magnitude as the secondary and topload, the  connection of the small 
> cap to the bottom of the secondary must have a  significance beyond just adding 
> to the overall capacitance.
>   
It's not adding to the overall capacitance. It's taking away from the 
overall capacitance. This is "capacitance" were talking about. Not 
inductors or resistors. If you want to add C to the secondary, go 
parallel with it. See Tesla's patents. Several patents show external C 
in parallel.

> Could one run a "transmission line" from the topload to another toroid some 
> distance away? And then use breakouts on this second topload to force it to 
> act as the main discharge point?

Not sure. I doubt it. The transmission line would likely be the breakout 
point if of a 2 coil systems normal turns. Note in maggy's, the driver 
has only 200 to 300 turns. The extra coil is the high turn coil. If the 
driver had high turns, the transmission line would be a serious breakout 
problem.

> Seems safer and easier than a magnifier 
> configuration, but with all the spacing  benefits. Plus easier to make and 
> transport two separate small toroids than  one big one.
>   

What appears good in visualization is rarely true in reality (physics is 
the cause).

Take care,
Bart
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