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Re: Railroad counterpoise
Tesla List wrote:
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> >From DamDeName-at-aol-dot-comFri Jul 12 21:56:33 1996
> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 23:38:53 -0400
> From: DamDeName-at-aol-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Railroad counterpoise
>
> Hi Richard ,
> Not to be overly paranoid ----- BUT
> Since TBO max. is con-current with
> S*** happens & Murphy's Law ---
>
> I'm thinking of Jeff's question with regard
> to hobo's or whatever along the "insulated" track.
> I'm curious about the electrical characteristics
> of the railroad counterpoise ----
> If it were ~ a quarter wave-length
> wouldn't the whole system then behave
> like an Oudin resonator ,with high voltages
> at both ends of the system ?
>
>
> Thank you
> Sandy
>
Sandy,
In theory Yes, but it would swamp the power applied due to the sheer mass
of the railroad track system. That is why it is a counterpoise. When
you get spark coming off your counterpoise, it is no longer functioning
as one. Richard Quick has shown this on one occasion where her used a
large, heavy metal plate under or near his system. I hope I get this
correct, Richard! When he ran a small coil, the system did just
fantastic. The plate acted as an effective ground and counterpoise.
When he connected a beefy coil's resonator base onto the plate and ran at
a KW or two the plate started issuing sparks too.
This is why Tesla got sparks off of water mains and his arrestors arced
over in Colorado. He had such a powerful system and the ground was so
dry, he was able to power up the local ground, showing that he had
defeated his counterpoise. He spent a number of days mproving his ground
there.
The 5Kw system proposed for the track would not come close to over
powering it for counterpoise use.
Richard Hull, TCBOR