Re: Parametric pumping for tesla coils?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

At 08:17 AM 5/16/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>
>
>I just thought: The pizza pan primary coil proposed by K.C. is probably a 
>parametric device. The tank capacitors are charged in parallel and 
>discharged in series, so the effective capacitance changes at the firing 
>instant. I suppose a Marx generator is too, then.

Now that you mention it.. you're right..  when the bank erects, the 
effective C changes, as does the voltage, but the stored charge remains the 
same..



>P.S. Thanks Jim Lux for explaining how a Q-switched laser works, I 
>understand now
>
>Steve C.
>