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RE: State finalist in the science fair with a Tesla Coil



> Original Poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com> 
> 
> Didn't Greg climb inside Electrum and measure them?
> 
> Brian D. Basura

He measured coil -> terminal and terminal -> streamer currents. Don't 
think he took any mag field measurements.

?
Malcolm
 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 10:39 AM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: State finalist in the science fair with a Tesla Coil
> 
> 
> Original Poster: "John H. Couture" <COUTUREJH-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> 
> 
> 
>   Malcolm -
> 
>   Inside the secondary there would be magnetic fields (Faraday) due to
> current in the windings. There would also be EM fields (Hertz) due to the RF
> frequency. I have never heard of anyone measuring these fields inside the
> coil. How would you measure them when the TC is operating? 
> 
>   John Couture
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> At 07:09 PM 3/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> 
> >
> >Hi Kent,
> >
> >> Original Poster: "Kent & Kim Schaffer" <santoken-at-bright-dot-net> 
> >
> ><snip> 
> >> Here is a question that is off the topic of the science fair, has anyone
> done
> >> any reasearch on what exactly is going on INSIDE the secondary on a TC?
> >>  
> >> Kent
> >
> >What exactly do you mean by "inside"?  If you are asking whether the 
> >dynamics of electrical currents in and voltages surrounding the 
> >secondary have been explored, they have - probably to the point of 
> >exhaustion. 
> >
> >?
> >Malcolm
> >
> 
>