Re: tesla coil current

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

true enough

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Subject: Re: tesla coil current


 > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 >  > IF you want to measure voltages on the top load, the way to do it is
with
 >  > an E field probe.  This is fairly easy to calibrate, as well (you can
use a
 >  > test signal generator to drive the system at low voltage with enough
 >  > current to allow use of a standard meter to measure the topload
voltage).
 >
 > How can this work when streamers are present?  You can't calibrate at a
 > low voltage and expect to have the same electric field distribution as
 > you will have when breakout is going on.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >