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Re: TC tuning tools
Hi Dave, Marco, All,
The secondary of a tesla coil is excited by the ring down of the primary
circuit. If you look at the frequency spectrum of this event, it is not at
a single frequency but a range of frequencies. Thus, if you tune the coil
inside this range, the secondary will be excited. There is a "perfect"
point but it is not quite at the secondary's fundamental frequency. Also,
as sparks break out the tuning point shifts somewhat. So it is best to try
different points until you find the one that works best. It is not a super
precise point.
Terry
At 11:33 AM 9/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I also notice about 1 full turn in which the tap seems to give the same
>output. I have tried to maintain a high Q system so what gives. How sweet
>should the sweet spot be?
>Dave Huffman
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>snip
>>Having no oscilloscope to use, just relying on the spark
>>length to a grounded rod, I have troubles tuning at best
>>my TC. There is a wide zone in the primary hook-up connection (about 1.5
>turn)
>>that gives almost same spark length. I also tried to run the
>>tuning procedure using different coupling (to possibly avoid the
>>double hill effect with too tide coupling) but I found no difference.
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>>The method to arrange an array of fluorescent lamps around the TC
>>seems to me a good and cheap method to notice better/worse tuning,
>>but how those lamps were arranged?
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>>Were they at increasing distance from the TC? What spacing between
>>each other? Were they in vertical or horizontal position?
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