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1/4 Wave Theories - Trash Them!
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From: Bert Hickman [SMTP:bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com]
Sent: Friday, May 29, 1998 10:12 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: 1/4 Wave Theories - Trash Them!
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com [SMTP:terryf-at-verinet-dot-com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 1:05 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 1/4 Wave Theories - Trash Them!
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> Hi All,
>
> I wrote another paper. What many have suspected, appears to be true.
> Tesla Coils are not antennas. They are transformers.
>
> "An Analysis of Top and Bottom Currents in the Tesla Coil Secondary Inductor."
>
> It can be found as a web page and WORD97 zip at:
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> http://www.peakpeak-dot-com/~terryf/tesla/experiments/experiments.html
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> This paper describes measurements of the top and bottom currents in a Tesla
> coil secondary inductor. These measurements indicate that the secondary is
> acting as a simple lumped inductor. There appears to be no 1/4 wave effect.
> The currents are in phase. It appears that the 1/4 wave theory of Tesla
> coil operation is incorrect. Also, the top terminal appears to be acting as
> a simple capacitor in parallel with the coil's self capacitance. A model
> for this behavior is presented.
>
> You can take all those 1/4 wave models and all those books with
> pretty sine wave current distributions and throw them away (Well.... save
> Tesla's)! The basic Tesla coil is a simple lumped parameter transformer
> with loose coupling. Very good news for spice modelers!
>
> Still need to do some theorizing about the self capacitance........
>
> Now.... comes the sparks!! :-))
>
> Terry Fritz
>
> terryf-at-verinet-dot-com
> or
> terryf-at-peakpeak-dot-com
Terry,
Excellent work, Terry! Your simultaneous base and top-to-toroid current
measurements have nailed down one more plank in a growing body of
empirical and theoretical evidence. No sparks or flames from Illinois -
only praise for a job well done!
-- Bert --