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[TCML] Tuning the primary



I have built 2 tesla coils already and will be building a third soon, but would like a little advice before pushing ahead. I am building a simple spark gap pancake style coil. In my limited experience I have noticed that when "tuning" the primary on a coil the more material in the primary I electrically connected to, the larger the sparks get. At one point I ran out of coil and couldn't make it any larger. My question is if I built this coil with a really large primary coil, and I tune it by using more and more of the primary, is there a point when I stop getting larger sparks? And if I pass this point will my sparks start getting smaller or will they stay the same? Can anyone shed some light on this?

I have noticed something similar with the amount of capacitors I have in the circuit. The more I add, the larger the sparks got. Until I ran out of capacitors. Can you install too many capacitors? What happens if you do?

Any help is appreciated.

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Jason Dunphy


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