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Re: hyfrecator
Tesla List wrote:
>
> > Subject: hyfrecator
>
> >From jpbazemo-at-ouray.cudenver.edu Fri Dec 6 23:36:40 1996
> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 23:47:28 -0700 (MST)
> From: "J. Bazemore" <jpbazemo-at-ouray.cudenver.edu>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Cc: Tesla-list-subscribers-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: hyfrecator
>
> On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Tesla List wrote:
>
> > >From nhide-at-enterprise.Dts.Harris.COM Thu Dec 5 23:08:15 1996
> > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:02:05 +0800
> > From: Ned Hide <nhide-at-enterprise.Dts.Harris.COM>
> > To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: hyfrecator
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Has anybody out there heard of a hyfrecator (doctor's instrument.) From the
> > name, I assume they use some sort of hi-frequency. Do they have a Tesla Coil
> > inside?
> >
>
> Yes, I had one of these instruments a while back--it was
> in a black plastic case, and had a round knob on the front. The
> round knob adjusted the voltage output, which went via an insulated
> wire to a plastic probe-like device with a sharp metal tip. It
> looked like some kind of dental instrument. I could get maybe
> 30kV out of it, so I think it does have a small tesla-type coil
> inside, or maybe just a step-up xformer like a tv flyback.
> Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions.
>
> -Jon
>
Jon,
The flyback transformer in a TV is a Tesla coil. The flyback
is designed to resonate at the horizontal scan frequency of 15 KHZ.
D. Gowin