[TCML] Solid state efficiency, was: mini Tesla coil specs

[Ken or Doris Herrick]

Dex, Steve & all-

Dex's comment about a big toroid reminds me of another of my 
conjectures:  Suppose you took a large metal sphere e.g. a big "gazing 
ball" and set it atop the toroid--the ball exhibiting a significantly 
larger minimum-radius than the toroid.  Before breakout from the toroid 
occurred, the ball would store a considerable amount of additional 
charge, which would then flow into the spark at breakout.  Would that 
serve to extend the spark-length?

KCH

Dex Dexter wrote:
> Steve, 
> SGTCs can achive spark 4X the secondary winding lenght,
> but one needs so big torroid that it dwarfs secondary winding,
> and very high BPS.
>
> I think R.Hull's Nemessis coil is a good example.
>
> Dex  
>
> --- steve.ward at gmail.com wrote:
>
>
> Some small coils have produced spark
> lengths exceeding 5X the secondary winding length, my best has been about 4X
> getting 45" sparks from an 11" tall secondary winding.  This is something
> ive never seen with a SGTC, usually racing sparks would just destroy the
> secondary if you attempted to cram that much power into one.
>
> Steve
>
>
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