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STUPID SIMULATIONS
From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 2:23 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: STUPID SIMULATIONS
Hi John,
> From: John H. Couture[SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 1997 1:39 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: STUPID SIMULATIONS
>
> At 04:07 AM 9/22/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >From: Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
> >Sent: Sunday, September 21, 1997 3:17 PM
> >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >Subject: Re: STUPID SIMULATIONS
> >
> >Hello John,
> > Does your program calculate output voltage? What does it
> >say about a primary with the same inductance and capacitance as the
> >secondary system?
> >
> >Malcolm
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Malcolm -
>
> As you know the TC secondary voltage can only be roughly estimated at the
> design stage. The JHCTES program uses an algorithm to estimate the sec
> voltage based on several of the input parameters. A useful use of this
> voltage is to divide it by the number of sec turns to find the volts per
> turn. The program then uses this information to recommend a safe insulation
> thickness for the sec wiring. This has proven to work very well.
>
> The program is for classical coils only. A coil with the primary
> inductance and capacitance the same as the secondary is not considered a
> standard classical coil. Do you understand this is a weird coil ? What do
> you expect to gain from building it ?
>
> John Couture
I'm not planning to build it. I'd expect to gain nothing at all. I am
interested to know what your program says.
Malcolm