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Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. potenti




From: 	John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, July 31, 1997 12:52 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs.    potenti

At 11:56 PM 7/29/97 +0000, you wrote:
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>From: 	Wes A Brzozowski[SMTP:wesb-at-blue.spectra-dot-net]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, July 29, 1997 6:05 AM
>To: 	Tesla List
>Subject: 	Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs.   potenti
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>On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Tesla List wrote:
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>> From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
>> Sent: 	Sunday, July 27, 1997 2:29 PM
>> To: 	Tesla List
>> Subject: 	Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs.   potenti
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  Wes -

  Greg forgot to multiply by the number of atoms involved. Planck's constant
is atomic in nature and a fundamental constant in wave mechanics.

  Tesla coils use oscillators which produce dampened waves. It appears from
this energy equation that the energy would increase as the frequency of the
waves increases, other factors being equal.

  John Couture

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>> Tesla List wrote:
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>> >   Where did you find that higher frequency gives shorter sparks?  I believe
>> > it is the other way around.  The higher the frequency the longer the spark.
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>> >    Energy = hf    h = Planck's constant   f = freq.
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>> >    From the above equation the energy increases as the frequency increases,
>> > other factors being equal. This would mean when the frequency increases the
>> > spark length increases.
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>> Ha ha ha!  So my coil's energy = 6.626E-34 X 60 kHz =  3.975E-29 Joules!!!
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>Your coil doesn't look too promising, does it?  ;-)
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>Actually, I don't think the equation quoted has a whole lot of relevance
>to the discussion. Per my best recollection, this is a quantum physics
>relation between the energy in a single photon and that photon's
>frequency. So if your coil's output consists only of radiated energy
>(that's photons) and only radiates them so rarely that you can distinguish
>individual ones, then we may wish to consider it of use. Otherwise, we may
>need to exercise some real creativity to apply it here.
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>Actually plugging in a few numbers as you did can provide a useful sanity
>check. Take care...
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>Wes B.
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