Re: [TCML] ball toroid and arcing from secondary

[jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

James, 
You could try cutting out the bottom of the sphere, allowing the sphere to rest lower on the secondary and thus electrostaticly shielding the top of the secondary. Or use a breakout point to force the sparks to it rather than the top of the secondary. 

In my opinion though, a well made dryer tubing toroid with all the trimmings, (Spackle, aluminium tape, etc.) really does not look bad at all. This is what I have been doing for a while with fantastic results. Just my opinion 



Thanks, 
John "Jay" Howson IV 


"Why thank you, I will be happy to take those electrons off your hands." 

----- Original Message -----
From: "james hutton" <jameshutton@xxxxxxx> 
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 4:14:02 PM 
Subject: [TCML] ball toroid and arcing from secondary 

Hey guys, I'm sure this has been discussed a million times, so if someone has a link to a good answer that would be great. 
I switched from a torus shaped topload to a spherical topload. However now the discharges are coming from the top of the secondary windings rather than from the topload. I know this means that the topload is probably too high, but i cant really lower it any more than it already is because there is about 3 inches between the top of the pvc and the top secondary winding. I guess I could cut that down if I had to. I would prefer not to and even If I did have the ball almost sitting on the top winding, I feel like it would still be to high unless I cut a hole in the ball the same diameter of the pvc. 
I also know some people make small toroids underneath a higher one, but I would also prefer not to do this. I don't have the money to buy an actual toroid and I want this to look really good (i.e. not a homemade toroid made with aluminum ducting and aluminum tape. This is why I'm switching to the 2 bowls to make a ball in the first place.) 
I was wondering if maybe wrapping the top couple windings in electrical tape would work, but I doubt it. 
Any suggestions would be appreciate! thanks _______________________________________________ 
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