I am. Mom always said it was a bad idea to let me get bored. :) -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= John Gardner Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 3:30 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [EE] Wierd thoughts that occur to me... Dave, it sounds like you're having too damn much fun... :) On 12/28/16, Van Horn, David wrote: > > > I'm not sure what the separation usually is. > I've had similar thoughts about shield cans on inductors. > Not much documentation out there on those subjects. > > I was winding a small coil last night, about 800T of #30 on a 3" dia=20 > glass tube. Had time to wonder.. > > Should be interesting. I'll be using a nice stainless steel gazing ball > for my topload. > > > > > The amount of magnetic flux coupling is probably not enough since=20 > there is no core material and (I think) the top load is usually=20 > separated by a few inches from the end of the autotransformer. > > On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Van Horn, David <=20 > david.vanhorn@backcountryaccess.com> wrote: > >> Why doesn't the top load toroid of a tesla coil act as a shorted turn? >> >> -- >> David VanHorn >> Lead Hardware Engineer >> >> Backcountry Access, Inc. >> 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H >> Boulder, CO 80301 USA >> phone: 303-417-1345 x110 >> email: david.vanhorn@backcountryaccess.com> backcountryaccess.com> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 >> View/change your membership options at=20 >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > View/change your membership options at=20 > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > View/change your membership options at=20 > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .