Re: Formulas

[FutureT-at-xxxxxxx (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

In a message dated 11/1/00 9:20:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "Andrew W" <fateagk-at-home-dot-com> 
>  
>  I was wondering if somebody could direct me to a sight that has formulas
>  pertaining to tesla coils. I am needing formulas for inductance, resonant
>  frequency, resonant capacitor size, toroid capacitance, spark gap break 
rate,
> 
>  number of turns to tap on primary, size of gap, etc. I have programs that
>  figure all of this out for me, but I would like to see the formulas for my 
> own
>  notes. Also, I remember someone made a program that plotted the E-fields 
for 
> a
>  given tesla coil. Where can I find that? If someone on the list could 
direct 
> me
>  to various places to find this information, it would really help. 
>   
>  I have a question as well. Does it matter which direction the primary and
>  secondary are wound? Do they both need to be wound in the same direction:
>  clockwise or counter-clockwise?
>   
>  Thanks,
>  Andrew
>  

Andrew,

You may want to check out my webpage, it does not have the
formulas, but it has theory that you probably won't see anywhere
else in quite the same way:

    http://hometown.aol-dot-com/futuret/page3.html

John Freau