Fw: NorCal Teslathon -- Interesting Devices and Effects

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

List,

Is it possible coupling between the coils was really not the reason the
"dead" coil came to life?  If they are sharing a common ground connection,
there will be large pulses in the ground wire.  Could it be that these are
feeding the "dead" coil as though it were a magnifier?
--Steve
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Subject: Re: NorCal Teslathon -- Interesting Devices and Effects


> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
> Hi Ken,
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "Kennan C Herrick by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kcha1-at-juno-dot-com>
> >
> > The better/more-common the grounds the more this kind of thing will be
> > seen to happen.  It's nothing more than EM coupling of 1 coil to the
> > other.  When they're near enough in Fr & near enough together it can
> > happen.  And it will be much more evident before spark break-out since
> > that's when the "sending" coil is radiating the most EMF.
> >
> > Ken Herrick
>
> I agree as I'm sure many of the list members do. What I find probably most
> interesting to me is how
> far how far away 13kW can couple and how the spark on the receiving coil
> reacts with distance.
>
> Take care,
> Bart
>
>
>