Re: "Gas burner" corona from STSG driver

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

Thank You Gary: I used point- cup rectifiers to charge oil drums with DC
using my TC as a power source to run a linear accelerator. Oil drums arnt
the best "toroids", but they work.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 21:21:48 -0700
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> Subject: RE: "Gas burner" corona from STSG driver
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> Resent-Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:17:51 -0700
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> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> 
> Be careful how you state this.  The terminal voltage of a Tesla coil is AC.
> The secondary oscillations are centered about zero volts.  Insulated
> objects near the secondary will develop a DC or static charge deposited
> upon them, due to the asymmetric conduction (a.k.a. rectification) of
> corona.  This is what an electroscope will indicate.
> 
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> 
> Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>
> 
> 
> Allan -
> 
> Not correct. Tesla coils were used by hospitals to make X-Rays (DC needed)
> until the thirties when other devices became available. Tesla said that
> Tesla coils could produce DC because the negative output was greater than
> the positive output. You can prove this by charging an electroscope with a
> TC and checking the type of charge.
> 
> John Couture
> 
> 
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