Correcting myself here: When I was writing what I wrote below,
I was thinking about an old myth that the
if the secondary wire length is physically 1/4 wavelength long,
and also tuned to the 1/4 wavelength frequency then the Tesla
coil would work better. This is of course not true.
The secondary resonates best at 1/4 wavelength for optimal
Tesla coil operation, but the wire length doesn't have to be
1/4 wavelength. My comments below about the secondary
are not correct.
John
Primary and secondary are not tuned to 1/4
wavelength. The secondary can be made 1/4
wavelength self-resonant, but this gives no benefit
and is best ignored. The 1/4 wavelength idea
is one of the Tesla coil myths that is still "out there".
Regards,
John
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