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Re: Toroid height
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Toroid height
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From: mrbarton-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com (Mark Barton)
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 02:15:51 -0800
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You wrote:
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>In all the pictures I see of Colorado Springs and Wardenclyffe (sp?) I
notice
>the toroid or discharge terminal is positioned way above the top of
the coil.
> When I raise my toroid up too high, I get spark breakout below the
toroid,
>near the top of the coil itself. How did Tesla prevent this from
happening?
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He didn't. Most pictures show sparks emanating from the top turn of
his extra coil or discharge rods that he attached to it.
Zap,
Mark