Re: just wondering

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


It's a real PITA because you then have to elevate the large flat spiral
inductor at least 1.5 x your spark length or else it will burn up.



Dr. Resonance

 >
 > Hi all,
 >    I was just curious whether anyone on the list has tried building a
 > magnifier system using flat coils.   It would seem that using flat coils,
 > particularly for the primary/secondary portion of a maggie would really
 > give great coupling.  Another possible advantage for this might be had for
 > systems that have one side of the primary grounded.  Then the secondary
 > could be grounded to the same point(thinking along the outer edge of the
 > spirals).  As long as they are suitably insulated,  This would seem to
have
 > some possibilities.
 > Any comments?
 > Mike
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