Re: [TCML] small coil with huge streamers?

[Phillip Slawinski <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

That coil doesn't look like it will handle 1800W unless you had a
really lossy system, so that most of the power was being wasted.

It's definitely possible to get streamers out of a small coil that are
several times the secondary length.  I have a small coil (3.5" x 12"
winding) that I can easily get five foot sparks out of.  This is much
easier to do with solid state than spark gap coils.  Solid state coils
give you more control over how the power is delivered, allowing you to
grow larger sparks without flashing over the secondary.

This is my DRSSTC V which has done 64" sparks from the 12" winding.
As I recall, it takes about 1300-1500 watts for that kind of output.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pslawinski/4550187194/in/set-72157623355704761

An earlier version:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pslawinski/3810246246/in/set-72157623355646595

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 09:38, James Hutton <b-u-r-t-o-n-boy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> what would happen if you had a massive power supply for a really small tesla coil?
> I always thought that tesla coils looked sooooo cool when thier physical dimensions are small, but put out MASSIVE streamers.
> If you had a small coil like this (with a topload of course): http://kb3ewy.com:8000/old/images/micro_01.jpg
>  with two 15/60's in parallel for 1800 watts of power?
> obviously i dont think you could get it very efficient, but wouldnt you still be able to pump out an incredible amount of power?
> Is it possible to get streamers 3 times the length of the secondary? that i would like to see...                                          _______________________________________________
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