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Loud, sustained cheers and applause for "Liberty Rising"! Instead of spouting formulas and numbers, where there is a gazillion variables, finally someone says to look at the simple things first and go from there! -----------------------------------------From: "Liberty Rising" To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" Cc: Sent: Saturday September 12 2020 9:46:10PM Subject: Re: [TCML] way off base Achieving maximum Q is about considering ALL factors, physical placement of components, build quality and materials used, symmetry and geometry, quality of electrical connections, environmental conditions (temperature, wind and humidity), grounding, spatial considerations (ie were the device is placed in relation to the floor, ceiling and surrounding objects that may interfere with tuning) and of course, any changes to the values of the electrical components themselves. If you alter capacitance and/or inductance anywhere in the device you will need to make adjustments to achieve the general goal of hobby coiling, which is to produce the longest and most impressive looking and sounding streamers. You can plug numbers into a program all day and build the "perfect" TC, but you can never count on that program to give you the perfect results. Use theory and programs to form a baseline, use your eyes, ears, your gut instincts and some elbow grease to get the best results. On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 6:05 PM shaun wrote: > I wish to apologize to all who tried to help me yesterday, but it worked > out > for the better. I had burned into my head that 100% of the time you adjust > you synchronous spark gap to coincide with mains peak. I though once set > should never have to adjust again unless it comes loose. Went back and > reread Richie Burnetts info on synchronous spark gaps, wow was I wrong as > many of you tried to point out. I read somewhere one time to set the > breakpoint where it will get the highest voltage, therein the problem, my > head said coincide with mains. With Richies info and what you guys told me > got me over some problems that I would never have figured out without this > thread. Thanks to all > > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Links: ------ [1] https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla /> > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx </br<></a><a href= _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla