Re: Newbie Question- what toroid size?

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Original poster: Just Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


I highly second this opinion!  Having just two toroids to try out,
made of 4 and 6 inch diameter ducting really drove home how much
toroid sizing affects the streamers.  I also recently added a 30mA
NST to my 60mA (12kV) and the streamer length grew much more than
the 50% I was expecting...cool!

Cheers,

Justin



On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:05:32AM -0700, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>
>
> If i may add something on this.  I think its very important (and i
> believe Richard Hull has alluded to this as well) that newbies /
> beginners do not get caught up with the hard numbers when building their
> first coils.
>
> I think beginners should concentrate more on building several coils to
> get a "feel" for what works and what doesn't rather than getting hung up
> on numbers like:
>
> 1.  Whats the best toroid size
> 2.  Whats the best wire size
> 3.  Whats the best secondary aspect
> 4.  Etc....
>
> Just take what you have, and build a coil or two and vary the parameters
> as you test.  Only this way will you get a real "feel" to how the coil
> will behave.
>
> Just don't get hung up on the "perfect sizes" and "proper sizes" for
> everything.
>
> Dan
>