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Re: 2 questions on resonance




  Malcolm -

  What do you mean by power? Note that if the NST is powering a Tesla coil
it is possible to magnify the input power by hundreds of times. The
magnification can be done even without resonant charging. Refer to past posts.

  John Couture

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At 11:30 PM 4/6/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> 
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>Dear all,
>          After reading the responses on resonant rise, I would like 
>to ask why it is said that resonant charging allows one to suck more 
>power from a NST? I suggest that if that were true, one could set the 
>gap wider than for a non-resonant situation and still have the gap 
>fire at the 2Fmains rate. Any comments?
>
>Malcolm
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>