primary coil

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Subject: primary coil
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Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 08:42:49 -0500
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From: 	Richard[SMTP:esmit-at-ilink.nis.za]
Sent: 	Saturday, July 12, 1997 10:59 AM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	primary coil

Hi,

Yesterday I have downloaded some file about the primary coil, I just want to
know if I understand the text below right.

>The large primary coil tunes with a much smaller (and cheaper) tank 
>circuit capacitance which requires a smaller power supply to charge.
>Yet the system is able to process power more efficiently because of
>the large field flux and uniform excitation of the high inductance
>secondary. The overall RF power processing efficiency is so great
>that coilers who follow this design method blow away other designs
>by producing bigger sparks with much less input power. As an added 
>boon, the large primary coil and high inductance secondary form a 
>"slow-wave" system. 

As I understand it, Richard T. Quick is saying that the larger your primary
coil is the better sparks you will get, am I understanding it correctly?

What primary coil is best to use with my coil that works at 15 kVAC 30mA?

Thanks.
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