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Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs. potenti




From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent: 	Sunday, July 27, 1997 2:29 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: How should we measure coil efficiency, was neon vs.   potenti

Tesla List wrote:


>   Where did you find that higher frequency gives shorter sparks?  I believe
> it is the other way around.  The higher the frequency the longer the spark.
> 
>    Energy = hf    h = Planck's constant   f = freq.
> 
>    From the above equation the energy increases as the frequency increases,
> other factors being equal. This would mean when the frequency increases the
> spark length increases.


Ha ha ha!  So my coil's energy = 6.626E-34 X 60 kHz =  3.975E-29 Joules!!!

-GL