Re: Toroid Recommendations?

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Original poster: "Mark W. Stolz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mark_w_stolz-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
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>In a message dated 4/12/02 12:27:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>writes:
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> > So you would increase the minor diameter huh.  Might I sak why?
>
>Mark,     with a 4" minor diameter, you'll likely get quite a few
>streamers, but none will be as long as they would be if a 6"
>dia is used which will give fewer but longer streamers.
>I'm assuming you want to get the maximum spark length.
>
>Cheers,
>John
>

John,

Sounds good to me.  From the input from everyone it looks like I'll be 
shooting for a 6" x ~30" toroid for this coil.  And obviously more power. 
:-)  Thanks everyone!

Mark Stolz
Houston, TX


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