Re: [Bulk] [TCML] Brighten My Arc on my Tesla Coil

[David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,

My first suggestion would be to take a closer look at your spark gap design. Although a multiple gap design does aid in quenching, each individual gap is also a source of energy dissipation that is NOT making its way into the output sparks. I'm assuming that you have already tuned the primary for maximum output from the secondary's topload. Other than that, the remaining obvious answer for more output power is more input power ;-)

David

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On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:21 AM, Jim <electrical@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Can you please suggest to me a way to increase the brightness of my arc on my Tesla Coil? It is a classic coil that uses 2 - 9,000 volt neon sign transformers. It stands about 48" high and produces up to 30" arcs. It uses a copper pipe type static spark gap. Here is a youtube video of the coil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewP4leT_C1I
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim
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