- Posted by Tesladownunder on Saturday 29 September 2007 - 15:51:54
...oper closer than that to the bottom of the smooth toroid with no problems. In fact in the game, there are sparks from the Trooper to the TC. I can a...
- Posted by Tesladownunder on Saturday 29 September 2007 - 15:51:54
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Lighting is another issue since parts of the toroid are very reflective and it is preferable for the light to be diffused. I usually use a 150W h...
- Posted by Dr. Dark Current on Tuesday 25 September 2007 - 14:49:11
I was only able to keep the antenna 8in from the breakout point, only problem was when I added a larger toroid the antenna was arcing towards the torr...
- Posted by Dr. Dark Current on Tuesday 25 September 2007 - 14:49:11
When I play with the arcs I use an ungrounded chicken stick to draw arcs. I have a small toroid on the end of the stick and a sharp metal point pointi...
- Posted by Dr. Dark Current on Tuesday 25 September 2007 - 14:49:11
I don't know, but this just came to my head- couldn't the larger toroid act as an one big shorted turn eating the power away?
- Posted by Dr. Dark Current on Tuesday 25 September 2007 - 14:49:11
I don't know, but this just came to my head- couldn't the larger toroid act as an one big shorted turn eating the power away?
Yes, but so would t...
- Posted by Dr. Dark Current on Tuesday 25 September 2007 - 14:49:11
...d the input power too.
Now I made a new bigger toroid, put it on- the sparks are still the same (maybe even little shorter) but the power draw is r...
- Posted by Marko on Sunday 23 September 2007 - 20:48:46
...ild new one. Save the driver board, secondary and toroid.
Where does this torture end? All I want now is to have this coil burst into flames and ...
- Posted by Marko on Sunday 23 September 2007 - 20:48:46
... load is roughly the breakout voltage of the bare toroid squared, divided by the peak power I intend to deliver. This is a consequence of the non-line...
- Posted by Marko on Sunday 23 September 2007 - 20:48:46
...still aren't good enough, try a different size of toroid or something.
I don't really understand how the self-resonant one works. All I know is t...