Re: Spark Propagation

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• Subject: Re: Spark Propagation
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Sun, 04 May 1997 08:38:16 -0500
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

Subject:      Re: Spark Propagation
      Date:   Sat, 03 May 1997 10:54:24 EDT
      From:   wb8jkr-at-juno-dot-com (Mark S Graalman)
        To:   tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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On Sat, 26 Apr 1997 01:53:40 -0500 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Subject:   Re: Spark Propagation
>  Date:    Thu, 24 Apr 1997 23:21:02 -0400 (EDT)
>  From:    Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com
>    To:    tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>
>
>I think the back EMF induced by the tesla coil into the laser power
>supply
>would smoke it.
>
>So....I took my HeNe tube (3mW) out from the supply and taped just the
>tube
>to a cardboard tube and when it got within about 2 feet from the top 
>of
>the
>tesla coil it started to light intermittently.  I could see sparking
>around
>the outer foil on the HeNe tube, so I quit this experiment.
>
>I didn't see any sparks in any way follow the path of the laser light.
>
>I don't think the electric field from the tesla coil is stable enough 
>to
>get
>the laser to fire smoothly.
>
>
A few years back we sucessfully powered a small laser off a tesla
coil via induction using a 5 or 6 turn loop about 6" in diameter, it
worked quite well.


                        Mark Graalman

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