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Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge
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From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (Jim Fosse)
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 04:02:03 GMT
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>>From dll-at-egg-rb-dot-com Wed Mar 13 13:43 MST 1996
>I found that when I move a fluorescent lamp up and down about an inch from the
>secondary winding of my Tesla coil after it has been disconnected from the
>mains, the lamp flashes. This phenomenon will occur for several hours after the
>TC has been operated.
The good news is that you have a GREAT insulation system!
> The secondary coil is wound with magnet wire on a PVC
>tube and heavily insulated with styrene paint (Q dope). I suspect that this
>effect is due to residual charge stored in the secondary capacitance.
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Yes, but We are still debating how it got there:)
>If I let it sit for a while after having generated many flashes and seemingly
>discharged the capacitance, it recovers. Any theories about what is going on?
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All caps show some memory effect. Up to 10% of the original voltage at
some distant time! Always short any high voltage cap that are not in
use.
how about a signature? dll
jim