Toroid, Humidity, New Coil

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Toroid, Humidity, New Coil
From: "George W. Ensley Jr." <erc-at-coastalnet-dot-com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:02:43 -0400
Subscriber: erc-at-coastalnet-dot-com Thu Jan 23 22:50:36 1997

Group,

After making a few mistakes with my first TC i built a 6" coil using
information gleaned from this list. What a success, 4.5 feet right out of
the gate with 1.4 KVA. I hope some tuning will prove as fruitful.

In the process of  getting the new coil together I built a 19"x4.5" toroid.
I immediately noticed that breakout didn't occur until about 80% power, well
after the gap had begun to fire. The temperature was in the twenties and the
humidity was low.

Now that it has warmed up a bit the humidity is higher and the toroid breaks
out as soon as the gap begins to fire, 60% power or so. Can it be that the
humidity is solely responsible for this or am i overlooking something else.

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