Watts/ft (was Who's got the best coil?)

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• Subject: Watts/ft (was Who's got the best coil?)
• From: "Sam Barros" <sambarros-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 10:35:39 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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>How about "Watts/Ft of Spark" for a figure of merit? The JHCTES Ver 3.1
>program gives an approximate value for this parameter for a typical coil 
>for
>hundreds of different designs. The coilers goal is to try and better the
>value.
>
>John H. Couture

I find that that value does't apply to small coils (which tend to always be 
below it) or to very large ones (which surpass it easily). Any thoughts on 
that?

Sam Barros.

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