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Re: Tesla Design Programs



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>By the way, I spent most of yesterday building an Excel spreadsheet for doing
>the math.  You input the parameters for the secondary first.  It caclulates
>the self resonant frequency unloaded and loaded (you specify the toroid
>capacitance).  Then input your primary parameters and it will calculate its
>inductance, length of wire, etc.  Then it will calculate the tank capacitor
>needed to resonate at 80% of the primary inductance (allowing room for
>tuning).
>
>As many times as I have gone through this by hand, I should have done this
>long before.
>
Ed,
	Would you care to post it for the rest of us? hint, hint;)

	Regards,

	jim

p.s. winter just hit northern california, mud slides slid several cars
off the roads today. No injuries that I've heard of, just muddy
drivers.