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Tesla coil - magnifier
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Tesla coil - magnifier
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From: richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org (Richard Quick)
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Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 18:32:00 GMT
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Quoting Wallace Edward Brand <BRANDWE-at-aol-dot-com>:
> Can anyone provide a concise explanation of the difference
> between a "Tesla coil" and a "magnifier".
The standard 1/4 wave Tesla coil is a two coil system:
primary/secondary.
The Magnifier system is a three coil system: primary/secondary/
extra coil.
In the standard 1/4 wave Tesla coil system the secondary coil
functions as both the secondary of an air core transformer and as
a 1/4 wave helical resonator.
In the Tesla Magnifier the secondary coil functions only as the
secondary of the air core transformer. The extra coil functions
as the 1/4 wave helical resonator. This division of transformer/
resonator, bridged by an RF transmission line, means much greater
efficiencies of RF power processing can be achieved with Tesla
Magnifiers.
Richard Quick
... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
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