Re: power output??

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: power output??
From: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 17:53:13 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

to: Brian

You are losing a lot of power in your bottle caps.  Glass dielectric has a
poor power factor for RF work and dissipates much of your energy as heat. 
Also try a blast of compressed air thru the stationary gaps -- if quenching
is poor the air blast will instantly produce longer sparks which tells you
the gap needs work.

DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: power output??
> Date: Sunday, October 04, 1998 10:53 AM
> 
> Original Poster: bhelms-at-dialpoint-dot-net (Brian Helms) 
> 
> 
> I have two 1.5 kw 70:1 transformers running off of 120 and pulling about
30
> amps.  I use saltwater capacitors and a static gap with about 15 or so
> breaks with 1" diameter pipe.  My secondary has 800 turns around a 3"
piece
> of pvc and stands about 2.5 ft tall.  The primary is a flat pancake type
> with about 10 to 12 turns.  I am getting controlled arcs at 15" and 20 to
> 24"  streamers.  All of the coils that I have seen on the internet
running
> this kind of power have twice or more the legnth of the arcs that I am
> getting.  What is possibly causing it to lose power?  Is it the gap? 
Could
> the two transformers be putting too much of an inductive load on the
mains
> making the pf go down?  Need help from experienced coiler.
>   
> Thanks,
> Brian Helms(KD4RLD)
>