RE: Secondary size AND DESIGNING Coils

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Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net> 

I had scanned over that a few days ago.  I stopped when I noticed the
cap size selected seems to be a resonant size for the NST.  I have been
warned that it is common knowledge that this can likely result in NST
damage.  So I discounted the credibility of the source.  Sorry.  No
offense intended there.

I went back to look at it again today.  It does make things sound very
simple but all it does is regurgitate the rules of thumb I have been
working so hard to get explanations for.  It offered no why's.

The paper is good and works well as an over view to the process and
takes some of the intimidation out of it for the beginner.  I am past
the beginner stage.  Although it is in the past I have built a couple
coils.  While they did not perform as well as some I read about here I
was happy with them at the time.

This time around I wanted a little more understanding of it all.  I did
not want to just folow everyone else's designs and rules with no concept
of why.



Luke Galyan
Bluu-at-cox-dot-net

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Subject: Re: Secondary size AND DESIGNING Coils

Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com

Luke,

I suggest reading a paper I wrote titled, "How I Design my Tesla Coils."
It
gives a brief explanation on how simple it is to design coils using some
of
the free
software available etc...  I was planning on writing an entire
collection of
papers on different tesla coil building subjects, but I just haven't had
the
time.

You can find this paper here.  (PDF document)
http://www.easternvoltageresearch-dot-com/datasheets/howtopart01.pdf

Dan



  > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
  >
  > My comment about not going into the calculations was not meant to
imply
  > that I did not want to use math.  It was meant to get someone to not
  > only give a formula or what ever but to explain where each of the
  > numbers might have come from in a formula they gave.  I am not
  > intimidated by the math.  But I cannot use math I don't understand.
If
  > you tell me to add two numbers and that will be the value I need I
have
  > to know why those two numbers were chosen.  If I just grabed a
formula
  > and used it with out grasping even a little where it came from it
would
  > be the same as taking a rule of thumb for size and doing it that way
  > because (as a rule of thumb demands) everyone else does it.
  >
  > Luke Galyan
  > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net