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RE- Re: what's a tesla coil good for
From: atech-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com[SMTP:atech-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com]
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 1997 6:53 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: RE- Re: what's a tesla coil good for
Sam;
The only account I've seen so far on producing the brush discharge is in
Henry L. Transtrom's "Electricity at High Pressures and Frequencies". Mr.
Transtrom suggests putting a large inductance in the primary of the step up
transformer. I have been considering winding a Tesla Coil system exactly as
described in this book so that I can recreate this phenomenon. I find it
difficult to visualize why putting a large inductance in the primary of the
step up transformer has the effect of preventing heavy sparks from jumping
off of the secondary conductor.
How do you suggest remodulating a Tesla Coil to produce a brush discharge?
Regards;
Dennis C. Lee
At 12:41 AM 9/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>From: Aperiodic-at-aol-dot-com[SMTP:Aperiodic-at-aol-dot-com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 18, 1997 1:53 PM
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: RE- Re: what's a tesla coil good for
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>In a message dated 97-09-18 18:38:22 EDT, you write:
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><< > Yes, I have built several Tesla Coils in the past. They probably weren't
> > optimally tuned but I did achieve a 5" or 6" discharge and I must say
>folks
> > around here did get a kick out of the spectacle. I most recently completed
>a
> > conversion of a drum type pen plotter to a CNC coil winder. The tesla
>coils
> > wond with the coil winder will be components to a system that will
>hopefully
> > be a successful marketable product (ya, right).
> >
> > OK, I'll try one more time. Everything I've read about Tesla's
>Wardencliffe
> > power transmission system indicates that there was supposed to be a ball
>of
> > humming mist-like plasma at top of the tower, not a big crackly arc. If
>this
> > is so, why isn't anyone trying to achieve this mist-like (ion acoustic
> > resonant?) discharge at the top of their Tesla Coils? >>
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>I do it everyday--Wardencliffe is but a watershed of nonlinear power
>conversions. I would recommend everyone on the list try remodulating their
>coils accordingly and see what I mean.
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>And the "mist-like" plasma is cool too.
>
>Samuel Uncler
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