Re: Energy Conservation and Coils?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Way cool idea... the faster you crank, the better the sparks...  I think
this would be great for shows for kids.  The generator can be connected by
fairly long wires...  I've thought about hooking an auto alternator to a
bicycle for 8 yr olds for something like this. The faster you pedal, the
longer the sparks......

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Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: Energy Conservation and Coils?


> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> > Original poster: "ebyng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <ebyng-at-netlimit-dot-com>
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> > So, really, how does this affect conservation, and what's the best that
can
> > be done?
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> Build a "hand cranked" Tesla coil. I have an old telephone ringer
> generatorthat produces about 100 V AC when turned by it's crank. The
> current is not enough for a NST, but is enough to charge a capacitor
> through a diode bridge. The capacitor can be made to discharge over the
> primary of an an ignition coil (a simple circuit with an SCR, and a
> neon lamp or two in series with a resistor connected from anode to gate)
> and the oputput of the coil can power a small Tesla coil.
> It's also possible to use an electrostatic generator to charge
> the primary capacitor of a Tesla coil (more efficiently with a high
> voltage primary), but an electromagnetic generator is more
> efficient, and easily generates more power.
>
> It's interesting to see from where the energy is coming...
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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