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Re: TC Secondary Electrostatic Charge



>>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.  
>
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?
>
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