Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"

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• Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 17:07:18 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Dear all,
          With reference to magnifiers:

> Original Poster: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net> 

<snip>

> Also, you want to keep the k factor of the driver around 0.6 if possible to
> couple the greatest possible amount of energy into this system.

I wonder in the light of what we now know about magnifiers and Ksys 
whether this rule of thumb isn't in fact outdated? Consider: Ksys 
usually falls into the range of a typical 2-coil system and we know 
that the mag driver can hardly be regarded as a stiff voltage source 
so why not up Kdriver to the highest value possible? It has been 
done in solid state coils so why not cap discharge ones? I know the 
voltage developed by the driver poses clearance problems between 
primary and secondary if one is to get near Kdriver ~ 1  but that 
aside.........

?
Malcolm

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