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David, Beautiful coil, a real work of art. Thanks for sharing, I have it bookmarked. Greg Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: David Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2018 6:11 AM To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [TCML] Back again....and Tesla Magnifier Tuning Welcome back! .... I'm always flying under the radar and don't talk much but it's good to see people come back. I built a tabletop magnifier years ago, I don't know if I got the tuning the way it's suppose to be but, building it was a lot of fun. https://www.flickr.com/photos/21962809@N02 Please keep us posted. Dave in Nokesville On 7/31/2018 8:37 AM, Daniel Kunkel wrote: > Gregory, > Welcome back! I too took a sabbatical from coiling and am back at it > recently. > > My understanding is that the secondary coil exists to: > --increase voltage by transformation (no resonance) > --increase energy transfer from primary to secondary due to tight coupling > (tight coupling prohibits resonance anyway) > So yes, tune the primary to the extra coil. > > Here is some good reading Richard Hull on magnifiers that should help a lot. > Page 1: http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman/Magnifier.html > Page 2: http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman/Magnifier1.html > > Good luck! > ~Dan > Kansas City area > > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:14 PM, Gregory Peters <greg.j.peters@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> Well after a few years off I'm back into coiling. I've been into coils on >> and off since the mid 90s and it's great to see the pupman list still going >> strong! How many members are there these days I wonder? >> Anyway, I have a magnifier project in mind and am interested to know about >> the finer details of tuning these beasts. Is the primary normally tuned to >> match the resonant frequency of the extra coil alone (plus some for >> streamer/corona loading), or is it tuned to match the aggregate resonant >> frequency of the combined secondary and extra coil? Or somewhere else >> completely?! >> It seems like if the primary + secondary system is truly meant to act as a >> transformer base driving the extra coil, then the tuning should be closer >> to that of the extra coil alone than it is to the combined secondary and >> extra coil system. Hope that makes sense! >> Any advice would be most appreciated! >> Regards, >> Greg. >> _______________________________________________ >> Tesla mailing list >> Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla >> > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla