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"The Mighty Corona Cone"
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Subject: "The Mighty Corona Cone"
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 21:10:26 -0600
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From: Jim Fosse [SMTP:jim.fosse@bjt.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 11:50 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: "The Mighty Corona Cone"
>From: SBJohnston@aol.com [SMTP:SBJohnston@aol.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 3:41 PM
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: "The Mighty Corona Cone"
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>Hi list:
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>I added a 17" dia toroid made of 4" aluminum duct to the top of my 16" dia
> 48" long secondary, yet the top few turns are still streaming with corona.
> In fact, the effect may be stronger with the toroid than without. It is a
>solid, sharply-defined, glowing vertical cone streaming up and away from the
>coil and topload.
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Steve,
Your toroid is way way to small! On my 8" diameter coil I use
15" to 40" toroids. I would suggest that you start by building a
toroid that is 36" in diameter. The center portion of the toroid does
NOT have to be solid. I've used both aluminum bar stock to mount the
heater duct and a wood disk with a strip of aluminum tape to mount the
duct. Both work as well as my toroid that has a solid 24" steel disk
as it's center.
cheers,
jim