Re: What would happen IF?????

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Original poster: "afa2fg" <afa2fg-at-email.msn-dot-com> 

Suppose you made a primary out of glass tubing and put electrodes at various
places around the tubing for taps?
George Stein
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> Original poster: "Dan Kunkel" <dankunkel-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Tyler,
>
> Tesla actually concieved this idea years ago. he thought it would be
better
> to use this than regular wire. the metal would actually act as the
insulator
> because the gas is so much more conductive.
>
> he also notes in the colorado springs notes to use a glass tube under
> partial vacuum as the primary coil. it would certainly look cool when it
> glowed. but rather hard to tap when tuning. i don't think he ever tried
> this, under this journal entry he said, this to be followed up on later.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> >
> >Being that the primary coil is normaly made out of a tube of some sort.
> >What
> >would happen if you sealed the tube and put it into a vacume?  Then
perhaps
> >you
> >could fill it with various gasses.  Neon, Argon, Nitrogen, ect.  Could it
> >in
> >any way affect the performance of the coil.  Has anyone ever tried this??
> >just some thoughts
> >thanks
> >Tyler
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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