Metlica Lab Visit./NE Ohio Workings

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Original poster: "harvey norris by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <harvich-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Had the pleasure to pay a visit to marc metlica in
Windsor Ohio couple of weeks ago. marc is definitely a
most unusual person, and I was glad to pay a visit to
his niche of a laboratory. He likes to take things
apart, and I did not know many things of note, being
somewhat naive in solid state devices to say the
least!

He showed me the arrangement with current limited
transformers where a (magnetic)shunt path exists which
limits the secondaries current flow by the
intermediary flux leakage on the intervening center
pathway of the figure 8 flux distribution. I had never
seen how that is actually done, but the transformers
he was using had the windings visible on the iron
cores.

He also produced a sort of U core, whereby the
realization of how they wind the cores themselves on
transformers became evident. How can you wind
something that has complete flux linkage? You saw it
in half, and wind it before putting it together.
Obviously I am only speculating, and Inverse es deuces
may be the order.

Then marc proceeded to set up a tube coil
demonstration, from just parts handy on the shelves,
and a schematic he printed out from his computer. He
said some other folks had already thought the tubes he
was using was too small, but hey I'm in the dark here.

In fact, marcs proposition did turn out to be a little
more laborius than the three of us thought possible.
After some numerous revisions, I happened to notice
something else that baffled me, Marc's transformer was
a single terminal variety, with completion of circuit
to chassis ground.

I asked him, I am accustomed to thinking that the high
voltage secondary is insulated from the laminations of
the  silicone iron core, so is the chassis of the
transformer as a metal part actually connected to the
core? I think this may have perplexed him for a
moment, so you dont ask so many questions to the man
trying to make the circuit work.

Finally marc began accusing me of looking at my watch,
when having none, I happened to notice the inadvertant
missing grid connection in his tube coil schematical
scheme of things. He then went on to proclaim me a
genius for this errant observation, and the fun with
the demonstration of this now working apparatus began.

The grounding approaching the top terminal may display
a better length of top arcing as it is brought into
the vicinity. Corona itself comes from the ground
brought into vicinity of the topload ashtray sized
metallic surface area. The device functions better
with the topload.

After seeing this convincing demo, I begin to wonder
whether the higher source frequency inputs available
from AC converted alternators might be used in a tube
coil arrangement for the grid current or something I
might not yet fathom. Then I recalled that some time
ago I had aquired an E Bay bid of some $400.00 for
this Fluke 5205 Precison Power Amplifier that seems to
have a possible simple interaction with input signal
to be amplified, and the output signal, which is
marked 1200 Volts output.

Now the thing I dont understand, and have been
formerly told by the Portage County Hamfest
Association president, who also did great alternator
fabrications for me, is that there is no such thing as
an ability to use power amplifiers/ say to amplify
frequencies so low as would come from an alternator,
where 60 hz is out of the question, and probably 480
hz where this experimental set up is made. But he may
have just been trying to get rid of my many questions
anyways, so I thought to end this post by throwing out
the same question to tesla list.

The power amplifier Fluke 5205 is very heavy, and
seems goood for duty.  Can anyone say what it is
specifically designed for, say a signal generator or
what? Can anyone explain why people say it will not be
good for 480 hz, or is this simply misknowledge?

Sincerely HDN

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