Re: Magnifier vs. Pi Network Tesla Coil - ***What are advantages***

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Original poster: "pjj" <tha3rdman-at-zoominternet-dot-net> 

where from the primary circuit would you directly connect the secondary?

paul

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Subject: Magnifier vs. Pi Network Tesla Coil - ***What are advantages***


 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >
 > I've been doing some simulations of the following two coil topologies,
 > and as of yet, cannot find any difference
 > (at least mathematically) in performance.  Perhaps someone could comment
 > on what advantages (if any), there are with
 > a classic tesla magnifier design over a simple pi-network design.
 >
 > Below is a description of the two topologies I am comparing:
 >
 > CLASSIC TESLA MAGNIFIER
 > This is the classic tesla magnifier.  A tank circuit drives a solenoid
 > type primary coil tightly coupled to a secondary coil.
 > The output of this secondary coil is then directly coupled via
 > transmission line to the bottom of a third resonator coil.
 >
 > CLASSIC PI-NETWORK
 > This system has no magnetic coupling.  You have a classic tesla primary
 > tank circuit, and a directly coupled line from
 > the primary tank circuit to the bottom of a secondary resonator coil.
 >
 >
 > As I stated before, I'm trying to find out what advantages if any either
 > one of these have in respect to the other.  At
 > least in simulations, I can get equal performance in both.  However, in
 > practicality, there may be some things i'm
 > missing.
 >
 > Any thoughts appreciated!
 >
 > Thanks
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >