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Re: Alternate toroid shapes =



Original poster: "gary weaver" <gary350-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Radius of the shape is the most important thing.  You can have egg shape,
hot dog shape, all sorts of irregular shapes but it all boils down to the
SMALLEST RADIUS on the shape is the WEAKEST point.  The larger the radius of
a shape the more charge it will hold before it discharges.  If you have a
24" diameter donut toroid shape 6" across the thickness of the donut the
smallest radius is 3" which would be equal to a 6" diameter sphere which
also has a 3" radius.  Sence the 24" toroid has a larger mass the metal will
hold more of a charge than the 6" sphere.  But a slightly larger sphere 8"
diameter sphere will produce streamers equal to or better than a 24" toroid.
The advantage of toroid is the large 24" diameter puts the discharge sparks
out away from the secondary coil and primary coil and its less likely for a
streamer to strike the coils and cause damage.

Gary Weaver


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Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: Alternate toroid shapes


 > Original poster: "John Richardson" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 > Has anyone done any experimentation into toroid topload shapes other than
 > the typical round designs that all use?  Visualize a cross section of the
 > minor diameter that is tear drop shaped as opposed to perfectly round,
with
 > the point of the tear drop facing out.  Are there any inherent advantages
to
 > a shape such as this, and if so, is the reason no one utilizes such a
shape
 > because of construction difficulties?  I couldn't find any reference to
 > toroid designs other than the standard in the archives, and was hoping
that
 > someone could enlighten me.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > John Richardson
 >
 >