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Re: First light great. Spherical toploads



Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi David,

On 25 May 2005, at 21:20, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Has anyone ever tried using many spheres , arranged in a circle , in a
> toroid shape ?? How would this work ??

>From memory Mark Barton did it on his large coil. I remember seeing a
spark photo of the coil in operation once.

Malcolm

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> >From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: First light great. Spherical toploads
> >Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 17:09:16 -0600
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> >Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I have compared single and dual toroids and spherical toploads. The
> >spherical topload directs ALL sparks downward causing predominantly
> >primary strikes. A large toroid on a smaller one directs strikes
> >upwards and avoids primary strikes almost completely even with
> >sparks 3 times secondary length. I recommend double toroids for
> >serious coils. Look at the top of the secondary on my site with
> >minimal corona which doesn't give primary strikes. > >Peter (Tesla
> Downunder) >http://tesladownunder.com > > >----- Original Message
> ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> >To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:47 AM >Subject: Re: First light
> great. > > >>..Many coilers believe >>that spheres are inferior to
> toroids but I am not convinced that >>this >>is true and have never
> seen any evidence to support this assertion. >>Jared Dwarshuis > > >
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