Re: short question

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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>


 >   Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "John H. Alderman III by way of Terry Fritz "

What happens when you put a tesla coil in a Faraday Cage?

Neglecting the detuning effects of the cage the Tesla coil should behave
much the same inside the cage as it does outside.

Where does the
 > energy go?

Assuming the Faraday cage is connected to the grounded return lead from the
secondary,
virtually all of  the energy transmitted by the coil -be it  by sparks or by
electromagnetic effects- will be intercepted by the interior surface of the
cage and flow back to the secondary as a current in the ground lead.

Apart from the fact that the output of the Tesla coil is high frequency AC,
what happens  is  almost precisely the same as in a normal electric circuit
where a voltage source such as a battery is connected to a load  such as a
light bulb via feed and return wires

What happens to florescent lights in the cage?

Fluorescent lights in the cage would light the same as normal.

Jolyon.