Re: A new mini-coil competition winner!

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Original poster: "Karl L." <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Dr. R.

Yes, I removed 1/2 of the shunts, as did several others in the 
competition.  The NST ratings originally were 4kV by 20 mA.  Once the 
shunts were removed, the mA increased to about 36 - 38 for everyone.

Karl

On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Were some of the core shunts on the nst removed?  If so, the peak 
> power levels can exceed the transformer ratings by a considerable 
> margin as the cap charges so a "real time" oscope measurement would 
> be required to determined the true curent peaks into the system.
>
> Dr. Resonance