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Re: An Interesting Problem
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 05:06:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: DamDeName-at-aol-dot-com
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: An Interesting Problem
Hi Malcolm
As a suggest --- place a fluorescent bulb in the room ----
if you are "storing" the energy in the system --- the bulb will tell.
Tesla's resonators didn't break out ---- they processed power.
----
goferit
Sandy
In a message dated 97-10-14 15:54:53 EDT, you write
>
>
> Hello All,
> I've some up against an interesting conundrum that I
> expect others have struck at odd times (no, I haven't scoped it).
> I recently fitted more top C to my largest coil, added a turn to the
> primary and removed about 20% of the primary capacitance to tune it
> back up. With the radius of curvature at the top it is now having
> trouble breaking out at the energy level the primary is running at
> (around 2.7J). When it does, it throws a few hot ones, stops dead and
> either continues to burp in this fashion or needs to be switched off
> and on again at the wall to get the gap to fire again. The primary
> voltage is rather low, *but*, it does run reliably and steadily if I
> add a bump or small point to the terminal in which case it now throws
> a steady streamer (which waxes and wanes in length as usual).
> The question: if the gap can clearly fire at this setting, what
> is stopping it in its tracks when the thing does break out on
> occasions? Any answers?
>
> Malcolm