Re: Ungrounded TC

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

What you are describing has already been invented. It
is called the bi-polar Tesla coil, and it works just
fine without a ground for the secondary.

Cheers,

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Cory Roussel by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <imcuddlycory-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> hello all,
> 
> i have yet another hypothetical situation i would
> like
> some experts to shed some light on:
> 
> What would happen if instead of grounding a Tesla
> coil, you had a bottom toroid?
> 
> of course the TC would have to be tuned for the
> capacitance of both... but would it work or is
> grounding needed for some reason?
> 
> 
> 


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