RE: Pole Transformer Re-Winding for Higher Voltage

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>


Thanks, however the problem with high power low-voltage tesla coils is
that the currents produced in the spark gap
are much higher and will add some big-time complexities to a spark gap
design.

The Captain

 > Captain:how about to try adequate reso cap , inductive
 > ballast  and 60 BPS srsg discharge operation?
 > Some folks in past reported of still having good
 > results in 60 BPS area,depending on given bang size
 > and system arrangments.
 > You will have lower charging power factor that way
 > ,but who cares if power used is high enough for your
 > purposes.
 > How spark growth will respond is a gamble here,but it
 >
 > doesn't cost you  much to try it.
 >
 > regards,
 > Boris