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  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    HMM - Your toroid looks nicely proportional to your 3.5" secondary, but is possibly a little big for a 9/30 NST power supply. It just depends how...
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    New toroid built...this one was made from one cake pan and the hose off an old vacuum. New size is: 1 3/4" x 11" {e_FILE}public/1284680126_3...
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    Nice toroid. That should work nicely for that set-up. Just keep in mind your tuning point will change on the primary tap.
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    Thank you sir! With the smaller toroid, I believe I may have enough turns to tune as-is...will find out. I have made several adjustments, and wil...
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    ... In my opinion, there's no benefit to a "stacked toroid" unless you have made your secondary so short that you are constantly getting primary strikes...
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    Zapp, I am using a combination of WinTesla and Tesla CAD to simulate my design... going with the 1 big toroid (4" x 16"), I get a frequency ...
  • Tesla Coils | "too much" topload?

    Posted by HM_Murdock on Wednesday 15 September 2010 - 19:35:01
    ... have two options here... 1- build a smaller toroid 2- use one of my three 15kV/30mA NST's (or two, or all three) I purposely built thi...
  • High Voltage | HV transistors

    Posted by Adam Munich on Wednesday 08 September 2010 - 21:28:05
    ...n't wind there own driver transformer on a chunky toroid. {e_FILE}public/1284209767_543_FT0_tv_horizontal_op_circuit_.jpg Here is the same ...
  • Tesla Coils | most recent SGTC

    Posted by modularduck on Sunday 05 September 2010 - 23:21:49
    ...owever I'm sure I can do better if I get a smooth toroid, perhaps a spun aluminum one. Heres the issue I am having now, when cranked up fully I am get...
  • Tesla Coils | most recent SGTC

    Posted by modularduck on Sunday 05 September 2010 - 23:21:49
    ...age, still needs a bit of tuning, and I think the Toroid needs to be modified a bit but here are some pics. no worries my foster dog only hangs out fo...
 
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