Re: [TCML] New Double Toroid - Magnifier hype

["DC Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone on the list in FL happen to know if John Couture is still with us?
I have not seen a post from John in over 1 year.

Dr. Resonance




On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 7:47 AM, <FutureT@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> 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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