Re: Power output loss

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

No, your toploads are well sized. My particular coil had an 
undersized topload, so that was a natural direction. Something I 
didn't mention is that I could repeat the situation simply by putting 
the old toroid back on.

I've read your other reply's as well. The wood primary isn't the best 
of ideas. I've been using them forever, but I have had problems with 
tracking. I eventually slipped a plexi strip between primary and 
wooden runner to increase proximity. New primary however will be all plexi.

The fan may be your actual problem. Maybe you are simply overheating. 
Can your run a your 80V setting for a long time or does spark length 
diminish quite a bit (say 30 seconds of running)? If so, heat may be 
your issue.

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx
> Thanks for your thoughts Bart.  I had thought I already had a pretty 
> sizeable topload setup.   A 6X24 and a 6X20 separated by about 12".
> Would you go bigger still?  I seemed to have had it tuned & 
> operating pretty well with this combination.  The problem has 
> surfaced only recently.  Dennis Hopkinton MA