Re: [TCML] Toroid Shielding

[DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

electrostatic field control.

Dr. Resonance





On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Phil Tuck <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> How is the shielding that we know that the toroid provides to the top of
> the secondary actually achieved? Is it by creating a field that is able to
> 'push' the streamers away from the top part of the secondary ?
> The 'Green Monster' coil of Dave Rieben (
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3pfStBx2qY ) which has a 12.5" sec and a
> 56" major x 12" minor diameter toroid, is a good example.
> The streamers of that coil in particular, clearly have a pronounced curved
> quality to them on their ground strikes. Could this be a direct result of
> the extra shielding that his relatively wide [sec diameter X 4.5] toroid
> provides? They appear that initially they curve away from the top of the
> secondary before they continue on downwards to their strikes.
>
> Phil
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