Re: Formulas

[Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andrew,

See the following:

http://home.earthlink-dot-net/~electronxlc/

http://users.better-dot-org/tfritz/site/programs/programs.html

E-Tesla5 generates data files of the fields but you need Excel or some other
program to plot those files.

The winding directions do not matter.

Cheers,

        Terry

At 09:06 PM 10/31/2000 -0500, you wrote: 
>
> I was wondering if somebody could direct me to a sight that has formulas
> pertaining to tesla coils. I am needing formulas for inductance, resonant
> frequency, resonant capacitor size, toroid capacitance, spark gap break rate,
> number of turns to tap on primary, size of gap, etc. I have programs that
> figure all of this out for me, but I would like to see the formulas for my
> own notes. Also, I remember someone made a program that plotted the E-fields
> for a given tesla coil. Where can I find that? If someone on the list could
> direct me to various places to find this information, it would really help. 
>  
> I have a question as well. Does it matter which direction the primary and
> secondary are wound? Do they both need to be wound in the same direction:
> clockwise or counter-clockwise?
>  
> Thanks,
> Andrew