RE: Theoretical understanding

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

Tristan,

Richie Burnett has a very good explanation on his web site:

http://www.richieburnett.co.uk/tesla.shtml


 > Original poster: tristan Matthews <thrawnda-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi everyone, i have just joined the list after finishing
 > building my first
 > Tesla coil as a UCB lab class final project. While I was been
 > able to find
 > an amazing amount of information on the web about how to
 > build the coil,
 > but was unable to find any really understanding of how it
 > theoretically
 > works. The book "Modern Tesla Coil Design and Theory" by
 > Duane A. Bylund is
 > most commonly, and almost exclusively, referenced but it has
 > gone out of
 > print and I have been unable to find a copy of it. So I'm I
 > find my self in
 > search of guidance as to what references others have found useful?
 >
 > Thanks for your help
 > Tristan Matthews
 >
 >