RE: 50%

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• Subject: RE: 50%
• From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
• Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 10:35:36 +1200

Hi all,
         I have a simple well-established observation to make on 
energy transfer in the coil - the oscillograms. Primary rings down to 
zero, while the secondary rings up to???  We are dealing with pretty 
low loss circuits, at least until a discharge starts from the 
secondary (and then the secondary energy is lost in that discharge).
It should be remembered that critically damped circuits have a Q of
0.7 odd. Primary Q's are of an order of magnitude greater _at least_
and I now think much higher again. Unloaded secondary Q's are around 
the 150-300+ mark.

FWIW,
Malcolm
 

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