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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 7:22 AM, t-burns14 <t-burns14@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Have any of you wound bifilar coils? What is the difference in
> > performance?
> Bifilar coils effectively increase the wire diameter by two. The
> difference is a higher current, lower potential output at the
> top load.
I can't think why the potential would drop?
Think (approximation only) of two secondaries
in parallel: current may go up, depending
in primary capability. Voltage stays the same?
> The streamers are brighter, thicker, and snappier.
> Now that I think about it, It also seems to add
> an extra dimension to the resonance in the secondary.
> Instead of having a single conductor in
> resonance, there are now two conductors in resonance.
Should be the same resonance?
> I haven't tried it on my bifilar and trifilar coils,
> but it seems that putting a capacitor in line with one
> of the wires could have a unique effect. For example,
> causing the second wire to be 90 degrees or 180
> degrees out of phase with the first would
for the 180 cause: the output to go to zero as
the two secondaries cancel?
> probably change the streamer
> pattern in an unusual way.
best
dwp
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