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RE: Weird ideas
From: John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 1:04 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Weird ideas
At 12:07 AM 12/10/97 +0000, you wrote:
>
>From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 1997 11:54 PM
>To: Tesla List
>Subject: Re: Weird ideas
>
>Hi John,
>
>> From: John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 1997 2:25 AM
>> To: Tesla List
>> Subject: Re: Weird ideas
>>
>> In fact to determine the efficiency of a Tesla coil when no secondary
>> sparks are present would be an interesting test. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> John Couture
>
>I have already posted a very simple way of measuring pri-sec transfer
>efficiency that is quite accurate. It is in the archives. You must
>monitor the secondary ringups with a scope and put a large enough
>topload on to prevent breakout. Do this in single shot mode as
>anything else will hammer the cap/s to pieces.
>
>Malcolm
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Malcolm -
What do you mean by pri-sec transfer efficiency?
As I mentioned before the inductive pri-sec transfer efficiency is always
100 percent.
Your test was not the overall efficiency of a TC with no sparks.
In the above test I was thinking of wallplug to secondary terminal
efficiency with no sparks.
Joihn Couture