Re: Magnifier system

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Magnifier system
• From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
• Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:06:00 -0800

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nzTue Nov 19 21:52:34 1996
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:24:10 +1200
> From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Magnifier system
> 
> Hi Bert,
>          You asked....
> 
> > >       I must try the following too (IMO it should work): charging a
> > > capacitor with one end connected to ground and discharging the other
> > > end through a gap to the bottom of the resonator should do similar
> > > things to a transformer driver circuit (don't try this with a
> > > normal Tesla power supply - there is *NO* isolation between the
> > > resonator and the 60 Hz circuitry).
> >
> > Comment:
> > I'm not sure I understand the circuit you're describing. Could you
> > elaborate a little, Malcolm?
> 
>   I limit resistor
>   ----\/\/\/------+--->  <-------OOOOOOOOOO)
>                   |    gap         resonator
> from              |
> DC supply         |
>                -------  very large cap (low-Z drive for resonator)
>                -------
>                   |
>    ---------------|
>                 ground
> 
> To be tried out of interest,
> Malcolm

Malcolm,

Thanks! What behavior are you expecting from this configuration? I could
envision up to 2 x DC Supply swings on the output, but that's about it.
Now if you drove it from a low Z AC source at the resonator's Fo,
Shazaam!

-- Bert --

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