Re: Early versions of Tesla's coil

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Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>

in operation, are there any moving parts? Is the cam lever operated by an
electromagnet, for instance?

Jolyon

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Subject: Re: Early versions of Tesla's coil


 > Original poster: "RMC by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<RMC-at-richardcraven.plus-dot-com>
 >
 >  > Do they function as an electro-mechanical switch like a relay or buzzer
 >  > contact
 >  > or are they part of a normal static spark gap with the lever simply
being
 >  > used to adjust the gap setting?
 >
 > The contacts merely act as a static gap. The design adopts a sprung
 > phosphor-bronze blade with a tungsten pad brazed to the end of it. this
 > bears down, via a cam lever, onto a similar tungsten pad.
 >
 > RMC, England
 >
 >
 >