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Re: First post: Fluoresce
Quoting pgantt-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com:
> I constructed a simple prototype coil using 28 guage wire,
> approximately 1-1/4 inches in diameter and about 1/2 inches in
> height. The turns ratio was about 10 to 1. At resonance,
> this yields a voltage transformation ratio of about 100 to 1.
> The resonant frequency was about 6MHz. When the primary was
> excited with an RF generator and the secondary connected to a
> 40 watt fluorescent tube with a single wire (return path
> through the air), the lamp could be fully illuminated with
> less than 6 watts.
Efficiency climbs when you use a two wire system based on the
same basic pricipal. Instead of using a single terminal (one open
end) Tesla coil for the resonator, go with a bipolar coil (two
open ends) and center mounted primary. The single wire system
makes a wonderful demonstration, but the two wire system just
plain works better.
Richard Quick
... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
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