Re: indication of good tuning (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:07:09 +0000
From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: indication of good tuning (fwd)

Hi Matthew,

Well, that would all depend on what you wanted. Truely
a spark spitting coil is not an efficient radio wave broad-
caster and conversely, a good  broadcaster of EMF and
such is not a very good spark maker. Most Tesla coil
hobbiest are after the biggest sparks possible from their
particular setup. Besides, broadcasting a lot of EMF,
radio waves and such may very well put you on the
crap list of the FCC - not good.


David Rieben

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> Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:05:24 -0500 
> From: Matthew Boddicker 
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: indication of good tuning 
> 
> Hi everyone, this is Matthew Boddicker. 
> 
> Around five months ago read that a coil is properly tuned when it has the 
> maximum spark length coming out of the top load. 
> 
> I also heard a logical argument saying, "Having sparks coming out of the top 
> load is wasted energy, showing that the coil isn't properly tuned due to its 
> inefficiency." Something to that effect anyway. 
> 
> So what is the best indication of a properly tuned coil? Minimal spark 
> length or maximum spark length? 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
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