RE: Tesla Coil Blunders

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Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net>


Ralph -

Terry has posted a lot of info on his web site regarding using a scope with
his special antenna. It has been a long time since I have done this test
which was to use a scope with a 1000 ohm resistor connected across the cable
for one of the scope channels. The TC should be operated at a voltage that
gives a good scope trace which sometimes is hard to do. Of course, the
antenna must not be too close to the TC. A frequency counter will give more
precise results.

John Couture

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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:57 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Blunders


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 3/29/01 6:15:13 PM Central Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

<< Only a few coilers
 test their coils for resonant frequency during actual TC operation using a
 scope or frequency counter.  >>

John,

Besides very carefully, how do I do this?

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman