Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size

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• Subject: Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size
• From: "John H. Couture" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:17:48 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

  Malcolm -

  Can you show your calculations using my RMS numbers and your
instantaneous numbers to arrive at your conclusions?

  John Couture

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> 
>>   For example if the input is 960 watts and the bks are 120 and the sparks
>> are 2 feet long then the TC is producing 8 watts per break (including
>> losses) and four watts per foot of spark. 
>
>By that logic, one can produce a 100 foot spark using 1W. In fact the 
>TC is discharging 8 *Joules* per break. The low duty cycle turns that 
>energy in the attendant period of time into kW if not MW pulses.
>
>Malcolm
>

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