Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"
• From: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 12:22:52 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 2/3/99 2:25:52 AM Mountain Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

> The primary/sec of the driver is all one series element with the low side
>  at ground potential and the power fed into the tap as required to achieve
>  the proper resonance in your resonator inductor.  The resonator inductor
>  can be fine tubes of magnet wire, but the driver pri/sec system must be the
>  best possible Q to generate the very powerful peak currents necessary to
>  operate the resonantor.
>  
>  Also, you want to keep the k factor of the driver around 0.6 if possible to
>  couple the greatest possible amount of energy into this system.
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  
>  Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net
>  
Dr. R,
    If I am reading your post correctly, this would be an air core
autotransformer.  Is this correct, or am I missing something?
Mike

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