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Re: Induction heating in toroid / short circuit of secondary
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To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Induction heating in toroid / short circuit of secondary
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From: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 12:31:25 -0700
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In-Reply-To: <19991226.134522.-888689.1.kcha1-at-juno-dot-com>
Hi Ken,
At 01:45 PM 12/26/1999 -0800, you wrote:
snip....
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>As to the magnitude of the magnetic field at the top of the coil, upon
>reflection I think it must be of much the same magnitude as at any other
>place along the coil. After all, current flows serially, so to speak,
>from one turn of the secondary to the next. If the secondary coil itself
>is a relatively poor radiator of EM energy, as is alleged, then much the
>same current must flow in the top turns as in the bottom ones (or at
>least, in those quite a bit further down). Thus much the same
>self-generated magnetic field must exist.
snip...
>Ken Herrick
>________________________________________________________________
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Actually the current at the top of the coil is much less than at the base.
I have measured such things and offer the following references...
http://www.pupman-dot-com/listarchives/1999/May/msg00535.html
http://www.peakpeak-dot-com/~terryf/tesla/experiments/topsync/topsync.html
http://www.peakpeak-dot-com/~terryf/tesla/experiments/modact/modact.html
Cheers,
Terry