Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Peter,
I've always been interested in these high bps achievements. Could
you send me some basic specs on your coil setup? I would just like
to know the transformer and cap specs if it's not too much trouble
(I assume the coil is 32" length or near?).
I agree with your last statement. The burst rate and it's affect on
growth with comparison to input power may allow for other tradeoffs
(like longer sparklengths with smaller cap size). Just curious on
the specs if you have them.
Take care,
Bart
Tesla list wrote:
Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
My coil has best performance at 1200BPS (9,000rpm, 8 electrodes)
and achieves 8 foot sparks, 3 times the secondary length.
The screaming jet philosophy works for me. Efficiency is difficult
to determine at >5kW at the time as I didn't have the true RMS
wattmeter that I have now. But that was a secondary consideration
to spark length. I am still not sure we really have a good idea of burst
frequency and length to get optimal spark growth.
Peter