[TCML] Tuning a Tesla Coil with an Oscilloscope

[Ed Phillips]

    I'd be interested too!

Ed

evp2 at earthlink.net

DC Cox wrote:

>I developed a digital tuner for coils.  I will email you a copy off list.
>It uses only 8 parts and is very easy to build.  Accurately tunes both small
>and large coil by adjusting the distance of antenna to coil.
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>On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Jon Danniken <danniken at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Brandon Garretson wrote:
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>>>JavaTC will get you close, use the TCT device to verify, then fine-tune.
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>>I am probably going to be the sole voice is dissent on this, but although I
>>did build the Terry Tuner at one time and found it to work exactly as
>>expected, I consider that step to be redundant.
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>>Instead, I use the expected tap setting as generated by design equatijons
>>(such as those resulting from using Bart's JavaTC), and then do low power
>>testing to fine tune the initial tap setting.
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>>The tuner is pretty cool, and very ingenious in it's construction, but I
>>just don't see a need for it given a ballpark idea of where the tap will go,
>>and then progressing with low-power tuning.
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