Re: Golka coil specs

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• Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:36:57 -0500
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Subject:      Re: Golka coil specs
       Date:  Fri, 16 May 1997 18:03:13 +1200
       From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


John,
      A question....

<big snip>
>   I have talked to both Toby Grotz and Robert Golka and the Golka coil
> characteristics were very close to Tesla's coil described in the
> Colorado
> Springs Notes. I have taken these CSN parameters and used them for a
> JHCTES
> computer printout shown in the Tesla Coil Notebook for those interested
> in
> the 46 parameters of the printout. The coil was used in the
> tranformation mode.
> 
>   Tesla mentioned in the CSN that the primary and secondary Q factors of
> his
> coil were equal. I found to my amazement when I ran his parameters thru
> the
> program that this was true. Tesla did not indicate how he came to this
> conclusion. I must admit the printout could only be a coincidence. This
> will
> have to stand until someone develops a similar program to the JHCTES to
> verify or find a different conclusion.

Was that with or without the gap? And did you account for coupling to 
ground?

Malcolm

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