Re: [TCML] small coil with huge streamers?

[Joe Mastroianni <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think Phil holds the record for coil efficiency these days...he's getting over 5x streamer:secondary ratio on his hybrid silicon/vacuum tube design.


On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Grenadier wrote:

> Would you mind sharing some more details on that coil Phillip? What is its
> resonant frequency?
> 
> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Joe Mastroianni <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 
>> Well, things will get hot and stuff will burn.
>> I had a reasonably sized DR coil - 8.5x32" secondary, 3/8" copper coil
>> secondary,  CM300DY-24H inverter, powered through only ~70VAC at 20A
>> through a doubler so the DCV was only around 180V, 0.5uf tank,  etc. etc.
>> etc.  Running MIDI with only moderate arcs for musical purposes....
>> 
>> I made the mistake of running 12ga stranded between some of the
>> components....and the insulation caught fire quite spectacularly during my
>> Halloween performance.  Lucky for me it didn't burn up anything else.
>> 
>> Power density is a very real consideration....
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/14/2011 7:38 AM, James Hutton wrote:
>> 
>>> what would happen if you had a massive power supply for a really small
>>> tesla coil?
>>> 
>> 
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