Re: Fw: frequency (fwd) - any Tesla historians out there?

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Subject: Re: Fw: frequency (fwd) - any Tesla historians out there?
From: Alex Crow <user-at-alexcrow.clara-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 12:30:24 -0600
Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Bob,

I am no Tesla historian, but perhaps Tesla may have used the high freq.
alternators either to directly excite a large coil at its resonant frequency
(bottom - fed against ground), or for other experimental purposes - or maybe he
simply wanted to reduce the size of his caps. I think he also may have used
them
in transmitting experiments. Have a look around the Tesla Coil Ring - there are
some sites that have plenty on the Colorado Springs notes which you may find
useful and are certainly very interesting.

Alex

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Robert Volk <smrtmny2-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
> But why then did Tesla use high frequency generators?
>
> Bob
>
>
> > Bob,
> >
> > The frequency of the secondary (and primary) is for all practical purposes
> > dependent only upon their inductance, self-capacitance, and added
> capacitance -
> > in the case of the primary, your main capacitor and in the secondary,
> your top
> > load. Altering the mains frequency (and the capacitor size accordingly) and
> > retuning the coil will only change the break rate of the spark gap -
> instead of
> > 120bps you will get 800bps (If you were using a sync rotary you would
need to
> > power the motor off the same 400Hz too). The power supply frequenccy should
> > never
> > havve any effect on, and certainly not reach the secondary - this is a
> > potentially lethal situation if a streamer with 60Hz or even 400Hz
> superimposed
> > in it hits you!
> >
> > Alex Crow