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

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Subject: RE: Watts/ft (was Who's got the best coil?)
From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 07:31:31 -0600
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Sam -

The new JHCTES Ver 3.1 uses streamer sparks instead of the controlled sparks
which are shorter. I would expect that a beginner's coil would not equal the
spark lengths shown by the program. Only the coil's of advanced coilers
could meet or exceed these spark lengths.

John H. Couture

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


Original Poster: "Sam Barros" <sambarros-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>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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