RE: Tesla Coil Efficiency Test

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Terry,

On 17 Jun 2002, at 17:11, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I ran the computer model of my small coil today.  The schematic is at:
> 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MyCoils/SmallCoil/SmallCoilSCH.gif
> 
> The power losses are listed at:
> 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/SmallCoilPower.gif
> 
> The power into the coil itself is 294 - 59.7 = 234.3 watts and the streamer
> power is 81.4 watts.  The effieciency is about 34.7%.  Not that the gap
> eats 40% more power than the streamers!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Terry

And the loading conditions (not stated) were ??

Regards,
malcolm