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Re: Displacement Current Revisited
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>As Ed points out it is a known fact that there is a
>DC bias in the operating Tesla coil. The question is whether this bias is
>due to currents in the secondary or due to rectification in the discharge
of
>a spark. Is this bias due to an unsymmetrical waveform?
> John Couture
>
If he performs the experiment with the voltage set so that there is *no*
breakout, and the compass still shows a similar action, then the compass
indication will have been proven to *not* be due to a rectification action
caused by the output spark itself. If the compass did not show a reation
under these conditions, then I'd say he would have pretty convincing
evidence that the output spark itself is causing rectification.
Bert Pool