Re: Current

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Megavolt57-at-aol-dot-com>


In a message dated 4/6/02 4:47:09 PM, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

>When the coil actually fires, the currents go into this range.  If you
>have
>only one ohm of extra resistance, the instantaneous power is I^2R or 1
>million (!) watts of lost power.  So it is very important to keep the
>resistance's in the primary circuit very low.

So, just a theoretical question here but, if someone made a primary coil out 
of platinum or gold (besides the heat and melting issues with gold) the 
output would increase by noticeable amounts due to the less resistance? Has 
anyone tried this or something similar?

73, Kc0Ion, "Ion-Boy"