Re: "DC drive"

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• Subject: Re: "DC drive"
• From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>
• Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 01:01:23 +0000

At 07:25 PM 12/8/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>From DavidF4797-at-aol-dot-com Sun Dec  8 12:00:09 1996
>Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 09:46:12 -0500
>From: DavidF4797-at-aol-dot-com
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: "DC drive"
>
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><snip>
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><< although my coil uses a pure DC primary drive >>
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>I have always been interested in a DC coil, would you tell me more about your
>powersuply and gap and how the DC affects the design and performance of your
>coil as compared to an AC neon garden variety?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>-DavidF-
>
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David -

The advantage of a DC Tesla coil is that you can obtain much larger outputs
compared to AC coils. In the 1930's three scientists built a 5 million volt
Tesla coil using only a 3000 watt input for nuclear research. The power
magnification was over 500! I briefly describe this TC in the Tesla Coil
Construction Guide.

Jack C.

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