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Re: Tube Tesla Coil
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> >From MSR7-at-PO.CWRU.EDUFri Aug 30 21:43:31 1996
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:47:47 -0400
> From: MSR7-at-PO.CWRU.EDU
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Tube Tesla Coil
>
> Hello All,
> I am working on my first tube coil and would like to know how
> tightly I should couple the primary to the secondary. I have looked at some
> TCBA News designs, and the coupling appears to be pretty loose (probably
> less than critical coupling). Any comments on this from the experienced crowd?
> Regards,
> Mark S. Rzeszotarski, Ph.D.
Mark, Tube coils are actually coupled up pretty tight. They can suffer a
bit of splitting and the electronic loading of the system can be adjusted
for it. Bill Richard's small coil measures K=.1 and it is one of the
best perfomrers I have seen for the power input. The Corums speak of
Tube coil magnifiers which they have made! This means very tight
coupling for the driver coil system.
Richard Hull, TCBOR