Re: coil discharge color

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

On 12 Jun 01, at 20:49, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>
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> No, it isn't that high of an output current. You'd have to have a powerful 
> coil to get 30ma off the secondary. Lets say the output voltage is 250kv, 
> pretty small, 1 foot arcs maybe. 250kv times .03 amps equals 7500KVA, way 
> higher power than that size coil would take in. Coils aren't really
efficient 
> either. 
> 
> Mark 

The peak currents coming of the secondary of a disruptive coil can be 
measured in Amps. The ** 7.5kVA ** would apply only in a situation 
where the duty cycle is 100% (i.e. CW). The duty cycle of a typical 
disruptive coil is just a few percent at most.

Regards,
malcolm
 
> In a message dated 6/12/01 9:24:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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> > Original poster: "Matt Segal by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" < 
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> > In a Jacobs Ladder, it is only running off the current output of the NST, 
> > and I've seen Jacobs Ladders run off 15/30s...only 30mA...I believe the 
> > output of a TC is much higher than that. 
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> > ~Matt Segal 
> > Email - segal3-at-linkline-dot-com 
> > Webpage - http://www.carbonOS-dot-com 
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