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Re: Tube Coil Wattage?
From: Andrew Chin[SMTP:chinny-at-ozemail-dot-com.au]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 1997 12:13 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Tube Coil Wattage?
Wouldn't the power of the coil be equal to the power drawn from the
mains?
Granted, a Tesla coil is far more efficeint than a conventional
transformer (>100%), so maybe you could say that the power of the coil
is at LEAST the power drawn from the mains?
If a Tesla coil was a conventional transformer, then power calculations
would be so much easier. All you would need to do is use the power
formula, Power=current x voltage. A transformer will change current and
voltage, but the input power will always equal the output power. (For a
100% efficient transformer of course)
Tesla List wrote:
> 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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