[TCML] Re: tesla coil help

[Daniel Kline]

Ben Sneath wrote:

> Resonance,
>> You're mis-using JAVATC. 34 is not correct. Coeff. of
> coupling can never >exceed 1.0
> 
> you must have misread that. my original message said 0.34,
> not 34.

Uhhh...I remember reading '34' and thinking "Hmmm...something's not 
right, there."

In fact, I quote directly from your email:

 > I'm sure that
 > > the PVC pipe is not absorbing any significant amount of
 > > power.  Overcoupling is usually evident with racing sparks
 > > along the secondary.  Undercoupling can certainly
 > > compromise performance.

No racing sparks but i do have a bit of corona leaping from
the top windings of the primary to the
secondary, also JAVATC said the coupling is something like
34
 > >

It's probably in the archives too ;-)

Dan K.