Shorted turn?

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Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>

OK, another newbie question:

Doesn't the toroid on top of the tesla coil act like a
shorted turn? I'm not sure how you'd prevent without
causing sharp edges. Perhaps all that would be
required is a small gap that would be sort of self
shielded by simply being a very small gap. I don't
think I'm describing what I'm visualizing very well.

Or tell me that the affect is inconsequential.

Anyone else tackled this?

Steve Greenfield

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