Re: topload problems

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Will,

I think it's great your getting 12" arcs on a 12/30 6 x 24 beer bottle
static gap set up. I think
the best way to improve sparklength is to upgrade 2 key components in your
system. First, the cap
bank. Try an MMC cap bank. This will be a significant improvement. Next,
add another 12/30 or
replace with a 12/60 xfmr. The 6 x 24 is a pretty good sized coil for a low
current TC and is
capable of transfering much more power to the sparks.

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Will Daniels by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla_is_god-at-37-dot-com>
>
> Hi all,
>      I just finished my six inch coil the other day but I cant seem to get
> more than 1 foot arcs.  My secondary's winding length is 2 feet and my
> power supply is two 12Kv/30ma NSTs with a six sectioned static gap and 24
> beer bottle caps.  Soon I'm hoping to get a better capacitor so I can
> enlarge my NST bank.  It seems that the larger my topload gets the shorter
> my arcs get which goes against everything I've read.  I tried a dryer duct
> toroid about 10" wide but I think the break out point must be too high
> cause I get nothing.  I've tried everything from bolts to mixing bowls and
> it seems that a bare wire some how works best.  Any ideas on how I can
> improve my output would be helpful.
>
>      -Will Daniels
>
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