I believe Ed Sonderman put the cylinder between the toroids to add a little
contribution to capacitance. However, I've never looked at that aspect since
Javatc had the capability to decipher it. Ok, well, I took a whole 30
seconds of my life and looked at it.
I used the default coil in Javatc (default toroid dimensions are 6.25" x
21").
Ctoroid = 23.286pF
I then inserted a second toroid 14 inches above the original (same toroid
geometry): A dual stack with 14" separation center to center.
Ctoroid = 34.397 pF
I then inserted a cylinder with a diameter equal to the outer radius of the
toroids with top and bottom cylinder ends at each toroids center line.
Ctoroid = 36.072 pF ( Yipes! Not a big change, is it?).
Well, capacitive contribution of the cylinder is minimal. I doubt it made a
big difference after that analysis. The coil probably would have done just
as well with out it.
For what it's worth, lets look at the top toroid simply sitting on the
bottom of the first toroid:
Ctoroid = 29.183pF (big difference from the 34.397 pF due to the 14"
separation).
Clearly, the toroid at 14" above hit nearly 34.5pF. Ok, good for identical
toroids stacked with a decent distance apart.
Let us look at a single "larger" toroid, and I'll only increase it by 25%
in both minor and major diameters (7.8125" x 26.25").
Ctoroid = 31.051 pF (Nice increase for only a single toroid).
Now, I increase the original by only 50% (9.375" x 31.5"): Oh yea, that
toroid rocks!
Ctoroid = 39.325 pF
Certainly beat out the dual stack. Only 50% increase with a single toroid
and I've certainly beaten the dual stack even at 14" separation! So, why the
need for dual, triple, etc.? No real need, more convenience and mechanical
in nature. If you have them on hand, use them. If you just happen to have a
nice 10" x 32" toroid lying around, then use it!
Take care,
Bart
Phillip Slawinski wrote:
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 9:56 PM, bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looks perfectly acceptable to me! I like the distance you have between
toroids. Ed Sonderman did similar except to have put a sheet metal type
cylinder between the two toroids.
Was this for support, or otherwise?
He did get some long sparks on this dual-stack toroid.
Your base looks really nice also. I like those red colored standoffs!
Thanks, it's taken a lot of work to get my coil where it is now. I've
only
been building coils since the beginning of May, I think I've made a lot of
progress in the short time. I scored the standoffs for free!
Take care,
Bart
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