RE: short question (about Faraday Cage)

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Original poster: "John H. Alderman III by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alderhood-at-bellsouth-dot-net>

Given that the energy is dissipated in the walls or the lights how about
thumb rules or experience rules or engineering/math for calculation and
design? Is this a build it and see what happens? Is the energy input to the
coil with associated physical parameters lead one to know power available
for lights and dissipation in resistivity and induction in the walls? Does
the energy absorbed by a florescent 40 watter tube mainly exist for filament
heating? How much in the actual excitation to produce the UV that excites
the powder? Is the UV from the valence electrons of the Ar? Will yall (yes
he's in Georgia) direct me toward heavy FAQs and online sources and direct
to me by email to rapid boot my knowledge up? I guess I'm going to be
dedicating a shipping container to this experiment !

Seems I have been here before at least once...

John Alderman
alderhood-at-bellsouth-dot-net

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Subject: Re: short question (about Faraday Cage)


Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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 >I am knew so some patience please:
 >What happens when you put a tesla coil in a Faraday Cage?

          If the cage is big enough, it runs normally. WHAT IS BIG
ENOUGH???????????????????????????????????????????

 >Where does the energy go?

          Lost in resistive losses in the cage walls. Calculation or
observation?????????????????????????

 >What happens to flourescent lights in the cage?

          Depending on exact position, they may light.    What defines
depends???????????????????????????????????
          (in which case THAT energy does not get to the
          cage walls...)

          best
          dwp

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