Re: Tesla Coil Efficiency Test

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Agree. The thermogun will read the surface temp of the bulb. Air currents
won't be a problem. Their
easy to calibrate as well (boiling water as temp source). I may have one
floating around at work. I
would need to measure my existing coil. John, after the reading the test
procedure I now "get" what
your doing here with the bulb measurment. This is a standard form of
comparison measurement. I'll use
volt/amp concentric readings. I've got variacs and all that jazz so I don't
see anything upfront that
would hold prevent me from making the measurement.

Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>
>
> Robert -
>
> Interesting idea. This method would give more isolation and would be safer
> to use. Although more expensive this may be the only way to go for large
> coils. Air currents around the lamp would have to be controlled.
>
> John
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> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
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> John: I beleave if you use a remote reading thermometer gun to read the
> temprature of the light bulb you could get a good repeatable measurement
> safely. The temprature guns read the Infra red light not visable , but are
> the same action with a well designed narrow field of view and calibrated.
>   Robert  H
>
> >