Primary Resonant Frequency question . . .

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Original poster: "Daniel McCauley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Quick question:

I've measured the resonant frequency of my secondary / toroid assembly and
it turns out to be 195 kHz which is much lower than what i calculated in my
designs.  Using tesla coil cad program, it says with my current primary, i
should be tapped between turn 13 and 14 using a NST of 15kv/60mA, a 0.0106uF
capacitor at 195kHz.  Basically, this says i'm screwed, because in my
original calculations the resonant frequency was around 225kHz and needed to
be tapped between turn 10 and 11.  I'm screwed because i only have 12 turns
(oops . . . ) of my primary.

My question, is that I'm using a SRSG with a LTR capacitor of 0.0275uF
instead of the 0.0106uF.  Does this change my resonant frequency
calculations at all????

Also, other than changing my topload, re-doing my primary, is there any
other way to increase the resonant frequency of my secondary assembly???

Thanks again.

Dan