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Re: AC Trans.
From: bmack[SMTP:bmack-at-frontiernet-dot-net]
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 1998 10:02 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: AC Trans.
How about a thyratron instead of a gap?
Jim McVey
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: 'Tesla List' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: AC Trans.
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 1998 6:46 AM
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> From: D.C. Cox[SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 1998 5:52 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: AC Trans.
>
> to: Pat
>
> It would only work in a very tiny Tesla coil. You really need a
potential
> of 5 kV or more (usually 10-15 kV best) for good performance.
Dissipating
> that high current at that low of a potential makes the spark gap design
> difficult -- you need multiple gaps to dissipate the heat and the catch
22
> is you don't really have enough potential to discharge across multiple
> gaps.
>
> DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: 'Tesla List' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: AC Trans.
> > Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 6:55 PM
> >
> >
> > From: Patrick J. Gustafson[SMTP:gustafpj-at-uwec.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 1998 4:58 PM
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: AC Trans.
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I found a 2.6 kVAC 142mA transformer and I was wondering if it's
> > suitable for
> > tesla coil use? It comes out to only 369 W, and would require an
> > enormous
> > capacitance of .143 mF (using Wintesla 1.0). Any comments?
> >
> > Patrick G.
> >
> >
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