Re: What it all does..

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Original poster: "Mike Osborne by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mikeosborne-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Alex:  Here's my two cents worth.  Maybe it'll help.  A Tesla Coil is in
essence a resonant air core transformer.  The Cap and the Primary coil make
up a resonant LC (inductor/Capacitor) tank circuit.  The LC circuit will
resonate at some frequency depending on the values of the cap (mfd) and the
coil (microHenries).  The secondary is tuned (Someone please correct me if
I'm wrong on this) to either the exact frequency or 1/4 of the LC resonant
frequency and extracts the energy from the tank circuit.  The spark gap
actually serves two functions:  It puts energy from the power transformer
(NST, Plate, etc..) into the tank circuit and also serves as a bi-polar
switch allowing the energy in the tank circuit to flow back and forth though
it.  The effect is similar to ringing a bell.  The energy from the power
source flowing trough the spark gap  is like the clapper in the bell.  The
LC circuit is the bell and rings at it's resonant frequency.   The secondary
extracts the energy from the circuit.  Much like a wine glass that shatters
when the right musical note is struck.    Mike O.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Saturday, December 22, 2001 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: What it all does..


>Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
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>The TC runs on whatever power it can get.People are designing thier coil to
>be powered with what ever they have to work with. One coiler on the net
>dosent live on the utility system so he powers with 12 volts. some are
using
>400Hz power probibly a military source. That is what makes this hobby fun,
>No one way to do it, but a lot of similar trial and error with a little
>oh-shi-- to add flavor to the work. When it works Joy with "how do I make
it
>bigger". And a lot of mabeeee I can do it ifffff.
>  Robert  H
>
>> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:48:35 -0700
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Subject: Re: What it all does..
>> Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 11:10:54 -0700
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>> Original poster: "pjj by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>> <jjenkins-at-satx.rr-dot-com>
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>> Why can't a TC run on 110v?
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 9:00 AM
>> Subject: Re: What it all does..
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>>> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>> <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
>>>
>>> Maybe I can help. A tC is a high voltage transformer with special
>>> properties. It steps up voltage beyond normal expectations to allow
>> dynamic
>>> bright light and sound effects for fun. The coils are resonant circuits
>> that
>>> step up  voltage. The toroid stores voltage for special effects. The
>>> capacitor stores the charge current, sets the time and controles the
>>> tuning.The spark gap is the high current switch that supplies current
>> pulses
>>> to the step up transformer. The NST supplies the power to run the light
>>> show.
>>> Robert  H
>>>
>>>> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:28:47 -0700
>>>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>>> Subject: What it all does..
>>>> Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>>> Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:37:55 -0700
>>>>
>>>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>>>> <TeraJoule-at-aol-dot-com>
>>>>
>>>> I have a question for the list....  What does each of the components of
>> the
>>>> tesla coil do?  Meaning, what is their purpose in the circuit?  For
>> example,
>>>> what does the capacitor do in the circui, or what does the spark gap
do?
>>>> Thank you for your time... I'm just trying to understand it all.
>>>>
>>>> ~Alex
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