Re: Current

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

Platinum is much higher resistance, then copper, gold, silver. Price is
another issue. Platinum, has a high melting point and will not burn.
Tungsten has a high melting point, but burns explosivly in air. SG arnt that
hot so that is not a problem in normal use.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2002 17:39:53 -0600
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Current
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> Resent-Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 02:02:12 -0600
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Megavolt57-at-aol-dot-com>
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> 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"
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