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RE: To Build a Tesla Coil
Steve,
Depends on TC's design. AC static gap type must charge &
discharge within 1/2 AC cycle (8.3ms=.0083s) requiring
relatively fast current delivery. (faster for RSG's)
In a DC TC the user may control the charge rate by decreasing the
charge current (or placing a resistor in series with charging source).
My battery powered flyback TC (28" spark output) charges 3 to 5sec.
(a linear ramp for a constant current) in a sawtooth waveform fashion.
I manually trigger each spark or a spontaneous gap can be implemented
at the loss of control as to exactly when a discharge ocuurs.
Regards Dale
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Subject: Re: To Build a Tesla Coil
Original Poster: Bunnykiller <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net>
Hi Steve .....
The coils that we build are way too fast to reproduce the
effects which you are seeking .....
you could explain the theory of the coil in retrospect to tantric
meditation but in the actual demonstration of a coil to the time needed
to build to the level of physical experiences of the meditative state
are wayyyyy to different...
when we turn on a coil its on like a light switch in nanoseconds
if not sooner all this would do is confuse your students
coils work in energy bursts and timing ... not a step ladder effect
Scot D