RE: [TCML] Toroid height, What's best

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

A shorted turn is a loss, and there's no way to compensate for that.

However, the losses induced by proximity of the toroid to the primary are negligible, unless it's within just a couple of inches.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dex Dexter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:37 PM
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> Subject: RE: [TCML] Toroid height, What's best
> 
> 
> So what?
> You can compensate for shorted turn effect.
> 
> Dex
> 
> 
> 
> --- phil@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> From: "Phil Tuck (hvtesla)" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Tesla Coil Mailing List'" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Toroid height, What's best
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:06:44 -0000
> 
> I have a 6 inch minor with the bottom 5.5 inches above the top of the
> winding on my 8 inch. Runs on a pig with no problems. As I understand it you
> get it as high as possible while still providing shielding. The lower it is
> the more it acts like a shorted turn. My height was based on a
> recommendation by Dr Res I thought.
> 
> Regards
> Phil
> 
> 
> 
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