Re: [TCML] New Double Toroid - Magnifier hype

[FutureT@xxxxxxx]

Peter,
 
I agree about the total coil height and all.  I used to point that out  too
in the past.  I forgot to mention it this time.  Thanks for  mentioning it
again.
 
Cheers,
John
 
 
In a message dated 5/9/2008 10:26:58 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,  
pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>Agree entirely about magnifiers with tertiary coil vs spark length  as being 
>meaningless.   I go further to say that when you  compare total coil height 
>of secondary and tertiary, the spark to coil  length shows no advantage over 
>a conventional coil and is typically  3:1 on a good coil.  As I recall when 
I 
>did this calc before with  Hull's coils, it was no better performing than 
his 
>>conventional  coil like his Nemesis.
>Peter

----- Original Message -----  
>From: <FutureT@xxxxxxx>


>> As an aside  here....
>> Folks used to talk about getting sparks that are 10 times  as long as
>> the extra coil in a magnifier, etc.  By putting a  tiny one turn coil 
>> (extra
>> coil)
>> below the  final toroid, you will have created a "magnifier" of sorts (ho 
>>  ho),
>> and if the extra coil is 1/8" long, then you can get sparks  that  are ~150
>> times longer
>> than the extra coil,  etc.  You can see why I never thought much of  that
>>  method of judging a magnifier's performance.  But as a fun thing  it  
would
>> let you claim the record for a magnifier's performance based  on that 
>> metric
>> anyhow.
>
>>  Cheers,
>> John







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