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Re: Possible Tesla list survey
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
>
> I did one of these a couple of years back (still in the hands of
> someone out there BTW ;) One of the drawbacks of such a survey is
> that the type of sparks produced by a coil is somewhat subjective.
> Further impediments to dragging useful data out included guesses
> at the actual power input (often based on transformer ratings). In
> the case of NSTs I was able to make an educated guess based on cap
> size (res/nonres charging), probable gap setting etc. In the end
> there was a fair bit of correlation between different coils based on
> power input.
There is one survey of about 50 coils on the webring somewhere, and I
seem to
remember that although there were a few exceptions, there were some general
trends
which held quite well. I have been using it to compare the coil I have
built and
some I am planning to others in order to make sure that the figure I plan
on using
are in the ball park.
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