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Resonant TC Electrostatic Fields
Subject: Resonant TC Electrostatic Fields
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 22:24:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com (Richard Wayne Wall)
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
5/12/97
It's true that there is magnetic coupling between the primary and
secondary of a classic TC. NT did a lot of work in his later years
with electrostatics and longitudnal electricity in his coils. Some
provocative posts have been written in this regard.
Most TCers are hung up on only magnetic fields transferring energy in
TCs. To be sure, there is mutual inductance and magnetic coupling
between primary and secondary. But, there are also resonant
electrostatic fields that couple between the primary and secondary.
These are special fields in that there may be superpositioning of the
electrostatic fields as opposed to macromagnetic fields that do not
superpose. Both the secondary and primary have inherent isotropic
capacities that exchange energy as they resonate. Perhaps energy
passes one way magnetically and the other electrostatically. Resonant
voltage rise probably has more to do with intrinsic coil capacities and
electrostatic electricity in an active rather than passive role. There
is mutual coupling between both the magnetic as well as the
electrostatic components of conventional Tesla Coils. Each requires
the other. It is error to consider only electromagnetic energy
transfer to the exclusion of electrostatic energy transfer.
An attempt to measure static capacities in both primary and
secondary coils should be carried out. Measurement with the TC coil
assembled to determine mutual capacitance, coupling and electrostatic
fields of both primary and secondary statically and dynamically should
be attempted. This is a good place for gradiometer (directional
electrometer) field measurement while driving the coils with a signal
generator.
RWW