Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:13:42 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 98-09-09 20:21:25 EDT, you write:

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>  I have never heard of a coiler who has checked for an increase in input
> watts when he increased the toroid size and the spark length increased. The
> increase in input watts should be easily detected. An increase in
> efficiency when the toroid is increased in size would not be easy to
> determine.

John C, all,

I did this test, and the input watts does not change 
when a larger toroid is installed.  One of the reasons bigger toroids
give longer sparks is because the number of streamers is reduced.
With a small toroid the available energy is shared among a number
of streamers which keeps them short, but with the larger toroid all the
energy goes into fewer or maybe just one streamer, to they/it 
become/s longer.  A toroid also provides an energy storage function,
which helps make the sparks longer and brighter.

John Freau
 
>   Bart, I agree more research is required. Did someone say they understood
> how a Tesla coil works?
 
>   John Couture >>