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Re: magnifiers

Tesla List wrote:
Bert:
	Thanks for the consideratoin in evaluating my system. Following is the
additional info. which I think you may see some red flags come up upon
evaluating.

caps: 2- basically R.H. style design rolled LDPE and HDPE totalling 	
.0275uf (measured).
primary coil: 30 deg. conical, 10 turns 1/2" refridge tubing (tapped at 
about 8) 7" i.d. , 20" o.d., 1/4" spacing.
secondary coil: 4" dia., 22" high, 24ga.
pwr. supply: 1- 12kv. 30 ma. neon
toroid: 27" o.d., made from 5" AL flex duct and spaced 7" from top of 
coil form.
Gap: single static air blast -at- about 1/2" setting
	
	As far as tuning, signal generator input to sec. shows resonant freq.
to be same as o scope observed freq. that the pri. is running at- is
this a valid analysis technique? 
	I have been playing with decreasing the coupling by raising sec. up
away from pri. with little if any change. Had not thought toroid spacing
heigth mattered much in operating characteristics- thought technique was
to just raise it high enough so no discharges occur to pri. circuit. I
have no trouble getting discharge to free air as is, and adjustments to
pri. tap show very noticeable changes in discharge.

Hey, I'm really with 'ya as far as  meaningless pseudo- science out
there! I am thankful for this great forum to exchange repeatable,
observable studies in this area! You're right about time passing when
things are running smoothly!
	Thanks, and I look foreward to your analysis.

Mike

> 
> > Subject: magnifiers
> 
> Subscriber: bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com Wed Jan  1 21:52:38 1997
> Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 17:22:22 -0800
> From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: magnifiers
> 
> Tesla List wrote:
> >
> Mike,
> 
> What kind of caps are you using? From the symptoms, it sounds like
> you're still out of tune (and possibly tuned to a harmonic). What are
> your coil's parameters:
>  Secondary diameter, winding height, wire gauge:
> 
>  Primary inner diameter, number of turns, turn spacing:
> 
>  Tank cap type and estimated capacitance value:
> 
>  Physical size of the toroid?
> 
> With the toroid in place, and at the proper height, you shouldn't be
> getting any breakout off the top turns. If you are, reduce the spacing
> between the toroid and the top of the coil. Next, place a small nail,
> screw, or tack, sharp end up, on the top of the toroid so that you
> consistently get breakout. Try different primary tap settings to see
> where you get the best performance. You may also need to raise the
> secondary relative to the primary to reduce coupling a bit if you're
> still seeing flashovers.
> 
> > Secondly, I wish to pursue in depth magnifier theory, construction, etc.
> > and therefore look foreward to communication with those of you that have
> > expertise in this particular area. As a side line to this, I have read
> > some about experiments with coils (magnifiers?) in a bucking
> > configuration, apparently leading to observable alterations in linear
> > time. Any info. into this area would also be of great interest.
> 
> Well... don't believe everything you read, particularly from some of the
> non-conventional sites on the web. There's lots of very
> scientific-sounding, but meaningless, psuedo-science out there. Chip's
> site offers a welcome refuge in this regard! While you'll find at least
> a couple of magnifier experts on this list, I don't think you'll find
> any that have seen time-altering behavior from their maggies... unless
> playing with sparks makes linear time _seem_ to pass more quickly! :^)
> 
> >
> > Thanks, and happy new year!
> > M.Wade
> 
> Safe coiling and Happy New Year to you as well, Mike!
> 
> -- Bert --