Re: No responses yet! Fw: Air core toroid...

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Matt,

You might be right. I'm simply looking for a better "visual" of this idea. For
myself, this is a new concept and an interesting one. Thus, my interest in
better
visualizing Michaels concept.

Take care,
Bart Anderson

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Hi Bart, All!
>         I see nothing in Michael's question that would lead us to assume a
> priori that the toroid in question is to be used as a Tesla secondary. I have
> not yet done the math or the experiment, but at first flush it seems
> counterintuitive that a toroid, where the magnetic flux is completely
> contained within the core, would have identical inductance to an open
> solenoid, where the flux lines at the ends extend to infinity.
>         FWIW a large "paena-toroidal"  or "quasi-toroidal" secondary might
> make an interesting bipolar Tesla coil. (reduced EMI?)
>
> Matt D.
>
> In a message dated 6/9/01 12:57:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> >
> > Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <
> > twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > My image of what you proposed here must be wrong. I'm imagining a circular
> > coil where the low and
> > high voltage ends are shorting via arcing. You must have something else in
> > mind. Could elaborate
> > more?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bart Anderson
> >
> > Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > > Original poster: "mpf by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> > <the_machin_shin-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> > >
> > > I haven't received any responses yet, and was hoping my question was not
> > > forgotten...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: mpf
> > > To: Tesla list
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:58 PM
> > > Subject: Air core toroid...
> > >
> > > Curious how the inductance of an air core toroid coil (inductor) would
> > > compare with that of a straight coil...
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Michael P. F.
> >
> >