Re: 6Kv/30mA

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun.COM>

Jeremy,
        all my coils are "small", 3.5" diam x 11" long windings. I can get
6kv-20ma -> 8 to 10"
7.5kv-30ma -> 12 to 14"
9kv-30ma -> 16 to 18"
with the right primary cap for the nst (about 1-1/2 to 2 times resonant cap
value).

-Pete Lawrence.


 >Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 >So, just for fun I decided to hook up my 6Kv/30mA NST
 >to my 4.5" coil. The coil was designed for 15Kv/60mA,
 >so with a little adjusting of the SRSG it would fire
 >for 6Kv. Capacitor size is 10nF. I got approximately
 >12" streamers. Is this comparable to say, a smaller
 >desktop coil that uses the same level of power?
 >
 >