Re: TC Critical Coupling (was Overcoupling

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• Subject: Re: TC Critical Coupling (was Overcoupling
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:21:45 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

>>> >How do *you* go about measuring the current and voltage associated 
>>> >with the output spark?
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------
>>> 
>>>   You cannot. That is the reason that you have to find another method to
>>> quantify the spark. The "controlled spark" is one possibility. This gives
>>> you an input watts per foot of spark. This is an important variable for
>>> Tesla coils. It is dependent on several other important variables in the
>>> design of the coil and is, therefore, a good overall representation of the
>>> coil.
>>> 
>>>    JC 
>>
>>To say "you cannot" is to deny that at least one person (Greg Leyh) 
>>already has measured output currents. I concede.
>>
>>Malcolm
>>
>>
> It was my understanding that Greg measured the current to the secondary
>terminal not to the spark. I do not think these two currents would be the
>same because they have differences in time.
>
>  John Couture


>From the secondary terminal, I measured both the coil-to-terminal and
the 
terminal-to-spark current waveforms.  They are labeled so on the web
page.
-- 


-GL
www.lod-dot-org

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