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Re: Magnetization of Toroid
> From tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com Sat Aug 3 23:35:14 1996
> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 22:25:04 -0600
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> >From rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-comSat Aug 3 20:55:25 1996
> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 06:42:13 -0700
> From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Magnetization of Toroid
>
> 8/3/96
>
> You wrote:
>
> >You always take your helment off when sighting through a lensatic
> compass
> >because metal will pull the needle. Try it with any piece of metal
> that is
> >magnetic, lay a piece on a table and approach it with a compass. If
> north is
> >behind you and you are walking south towards the metal as you get
> close the
> >needle will swing 180 degrees toward the metal and away from magnetic
> north.
> >It seems like a piece of steel or iron acts as an amp for the earths
> field.
>
>
> This is all true for a nonmagnetized piece of ferromagnetic material
> and a compass. However, an oriented magnetic field seems to be
> imparted to the toroid by the TC discharge. It can be "mapped" by
> moving a compass around the outer diameter of the toroid. Also,
> placing and centering the compass in the the center of the toroid
> definitely aligns it to the magnetic field imparted to the toroid. The
> field in the toroid has two magnetic poles by this method. The
> interesting part is that the orientation of this field can be changed
> somewhat by firing the coil with the toroid in a different position in
> reference to the coil.
>
> Questions are. Does a TC RF field impart an oriented field magnetic
> field on a ferromagnetic toroid? Would a DC TC discharge impart an
> oriented field magnetic field on a ferromagnetic toroid? Do
> surrounding environmental EM fields influence TC discharges?
>
> snip
>
> RWW
>
What is a DC TC? Even a single shot must cause 'ringing' in the
secondary, or am I thinking wrong? I thought the secondary voltage
had to build up while the primary 'rings' down.
Dave Huffman