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Re: Conditions for opt. loading, was: In vs. Out
From: John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 1997 2:58 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Conditions for opt. loading, was: In vs. Out
At 03:44 AM 7/31/97 +0000, you wrote:
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>From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 1997 10:27 PM
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Conditions for opt. loading, was: In vs. Out
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>Hi John
> I could write a book on it. Perhaps the best way is to try it
>single shot, then try it for the running coil. The lengths are
>different as you have energy stored in the discharge channel/ion
>cloud for the repetitive situation and I've found under this
>condition, optimal loading occurs with longer sparks than sshot.
> It is kind of difficult to elaborate further without giving an
>actual demonstration (which I would dearly love to be able to do).
>
>Malcolm
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Malcolm -
Don't write a book on spark length. No one on the T.List would agree with you.
How about a book on TC efficiency. This is basic engineering, input vs output.
We already have an electronic wattmeter (D. Sharpe) to do the job.
John Couture
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