Re: Magnifier Coils

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Original poster: "tim slayter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <arky-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hello list,

David,  when you used your flat spiral coil as a third coil which end of it
did you connect to the
secondary coil the outside or the middle of the pancake?

And where could a person find technical information on the Wardencliffe
project?

Tim S.
Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "David Thomson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
>
> The Wardencliffe project used flat spiral coils and it used several of them.
> This would indicate that Tesla likely used a flat spiral as a third coil.
>
> I have used a flat spiral coil as a third coil (the secondary was also a
> flat spiral.)  The sparks from the third coil were the same length as the
> sparks from the secondary coil so I assume the third coil increased the
> longitudinal component of the wave and not the transverse component.  Had
> the transverse component increased, the sparks would have been longer.  I
> have not measured this to verify it, but I'm working on it.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 9:58 PM
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> Subject: Magnifier Coils
>
> Original poster: "tim slayter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <arky-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi list,
>
> Does anyone know  if  Tesla ever used a flat spiral coil for
> the third coil in a magnifier tesla coil system?
>
> Tim S.