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Re: Weird ideas
From: Ted[SMTP:tedric-at-generation-dot-net]
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 1997 1:25 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: RE: Weird ideas
John, Edward, all,
Finally someone get my point. When I refer to efficiency, I am referring to
the total energy input to all electrical & mechanical components in order to
get that output. For example, one can get a 1 hp motor to drive a RSG for a
500 watts coil. If the both the coil and spark gap are well built it should
perform better that a static gap and gives a longer discharge. Now you may
be delight to see such improvement, or at least until you find out the
equivalent watts for a hp. Well, an engineer may not agree with me, but I
find the above system is so inefficient that I would not even invest time to
think about it.(This moment is the only exception)
Also, I believe the power level of the big tube-type broadcast band
transmitters that you (Edward) mentioned will require some expensive cooling
system. How expensive? Maybe even more that the sum that the pole pig +
professional caps + whatever cost you.
Ted
>From: John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
>Sent: Thursday, December 04, 1997 12:43 AM
>To: Tesla List
>Subject: Re: Weird ideas
>
>At 05:36 AM 12/3/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>
>>From: Edward V. Phillips[SMTP:ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu]
>>Sent: Monday, December 01, 1997 1:14 PM
>>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>Subject: Re: Weird ideas
>>
>>"" BTW, why bother with tubes? Frankly, I found that they are so incredibly
>>inefficient, think about this for a moment: First, you have to put enough
>>energy to "boil" enough electrons. Then, you are applying electric field
>>(energy) to constantly accelerate the electrons, not only did the electrons
>>did not slow down as they approach the anode, they travel at full speed. At
>>last, you stop the electrons and most of its energy become heat. Heat is
>>generated in both the "boiling" and "stopping" process, it sounds to me like
>>a electron welder."
>>
>> Some of the big tube-type broadcast band transmitters ran
>>at an OVERALL efficiency (power delivered to antenna divided by
>>power from the AC mains) exceeding 90%. It's no trick at all to
>>design and build a Class C tube amplifier with 75% efficiency, and
>>the filament/heater needn't use more than a few percent of the plate
>>input power.
>>
>>Ed
>>
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>
> Ed -
>
> What are the wallplug efficiencies including filament losses and connected
>as Tesla coils. How would these systems compare with Tesla coils with the
>same wallplug input ?
>
> John Couture