Re: Tube Coil Wattage?

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Tube Coil Wattage?
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:55:44 -0600
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From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Thursday, November 13, 1997 12:35 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Tube Coil Wattage?

On Wednesday, November 12, 1997 10:34 AM Jeff W. Parisse
[SMTP:jparisse-at-ddlabs-dot-com] wrote;

> O.K. I accept that. However, when people ask "Well, gee, what kinda power
> ya puttin' out with that thingie". I want to be able to give an estimate
> rather
> than reply with "it's a mystery even to the best Tesla coil engineers...".
> 
> I guess input power. I could equate it to hairdryers. "Well, it's about one
> and a half hairdryers".
 
You could always measure your voltage output with an electrostatic 
voltmeter and then measure the current output with a hot-wire amp meter and
then multiply your results, it'll probably be as accurate as your going to 
get.


                               Sincerely

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