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Re: Gap Losses



Richard (WW) wrote....

> Has anyone ever experimentally measured gap losses?  Where and in what 
> form is this energy lost from the primary circuit?  Is this energy 
> merely heat, light and other forms of EM energy?  Can it be measured 
> and analysed or is it merely assumed to be the difference between 
> energy input into the tank circuit minus energy coupled to the 
> secondary coil?

My hand's up. All my research over the last year has been directed at 
one thing - what are the limitations on systems and why? Listen to 
the gap, look at it. Percussion accompanied by a brilliant light!

Malcolm