Re: [TCML] Brighten My Arc on my Tesla Coil

[Jim Branley <electrical@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How can you tell?  Thx.  Jim.  

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:26 PM, "Carl Noggle" <cn@xxxxx> wrote:

> Hey---
> 
> It looks as if you may have a shorted turn on your primary.  Make sure you have good spacing on all primary turns.  A shorted turn will eat up power.
> 
> ---Carl
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> -----Original Message----- From: Scott Bogard
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:59 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Brighten My Arc on my Tesla Coil
> 
> Hi Jim,
>   I haven't watched your video yet as I am at work, but I can tell you
> from a given coil the only way to make brighter sparks is to process more
> power in the arc.  If you don't want to go with a bigger transformer, you
> can increase the power in the arc by increasing the break rate by using a
> smaller capacitor (and ideally a high break rate rotary spark gap.)  Aside
> from going solid state or making serious gap efficiency improvements that
> is the only way to increase brightness I know of...
> 
> Scott Bogard.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Jim <electrical@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> Can you please suggest to me a way to increase the brightness of my arc on
>> my Tesla Coil? It is a classic coil that uses 2 - 9,000 volt neon sign
>> transformers. It stands about 48" high and produces up to 30" arcs. It uses
>> a copper pipe type static spark gap. Here is a youtube video of the coil.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=ewP4leT_C1I<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewP4leT_C1I>
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
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