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Fwd: Re: Questions about oscillating frequency
>X-Envelope-From: stretchmonster-at-juno-dot-com Sat Apr 17 22:00:12 1999
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>Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 18:19:03 -0500
>Subject: Re: Questions about oscillating frequency
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>From: Brent L Caldwell <stretchmonster-at-juno-dot-com>
>
>Original Poster: Brent Caldwell < StretchMonster -at- juno-dot-com>
>
>
>A question for all:
>
> Among the copius literature I have read about tesla coils, I have read
>that the secondary coil is supposed to oscillate at 4 times the frequency
>of the primary. I have also seen that the secondary is supposed to
>oscillate at 1/4 the frequency of the primary. Furthermore, I have heard
>many people say they have disproven both theories mentioned above.
>
>My questions are the following:
>
>1.) At what relative frequency does the secondary oscillate?
The primary and secondary should be at the SAME frequency. Books often
talk of "1/4 wavelength" but they do not mean 1/4 the frequency. If you
look at an AC sine wave, the first highest voltage point occurs at 1/4 of
the full wave distance and that is where they get all the 1/4 wavelength
stuff. It is really totally independant of frequency. I could say a lot
more but ... :-)
>
>2.) If they do oscillate at the same fequency, then why is it not good
>to have a tight magnetic coupling between the primary and secondary
>coils?
If the coupling were tight, the tesla coil would act as a transformer. The
output voltage would simply be a function of the turns ratio. However,
with loose coupling, the voltage is a function of input energy and the
square root of the ratio of the component values which can be much greater
with far less effort. One can, and a few of use have, spent years studying
such things so I can't give a quick closed answer since this subject can
get very deep very fast but that is the basic idea...
I have a paper that showes actual and predicted voltages and current in a
real TC at:
www.peakpeak-dot-com/~terryf/tesla/experiments/experiments.html
Terry
>
>Anyone with any information regarding either of these is welcome to
>resopond. I am also particularly interested in actual measurements taken
>of the oscillating frequencies regarding the above questions.
>
>
> BzzzzzzzzzzzzZap
> Brent Caldwell
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