Re: Simulation of a conventional Tesla coil

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



 > Original poster: "K. C. Herrick by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kchdlh-at-juno-dot-com>
 >
 > Terry (& all)-
 >
 > Thanks for the heads-up on gap resistance.  Oh yes...2-3 ohms kills my
 > "Marx" scheme for sure.  With a revised simulation and only 40 m-ohms
 > total around the loop, I get 200 KV out at 125 KHz and with 115 V 60 Hz
 > in.  But 2-3 ohms per gap?...forget it!  I'm glad it's mostly only in
 > simulation so far.  I'd started to build part of it for testing but
 > thought better of it before going very far.
 >
For small gaps, the relatively fixed voltage drop of 20-100V (depending on
current), might be a bigger problem than the ohmic losses.