Re: Superconducting tesla coil...

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Original poster: The MCP <ejkeever-at-comcast-dot-net> 

But isn't keeping the resistance reasonably low the reason we use only up to
about 1500 turns on a given form? If there *is* no resistance, you can put 10
or 50 or 100 times as many turns on the same form, greatly increasing the
voltage output.

And wouldn't the high self-capacitance caused by the number of turns work to
one's advantage in such a coil, with no resistance to make it a mere nuisance
as in a normal coil?


On Thursday 02 October 2003 10:30 am, Tesla list wrote:
 > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "Black Moon" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Ok, What about a coil submersed in oil? Or would that have to much RF
 >  > disipation? Idea being it would help cool the whole coil, and compleatly
 >  > prevent secondary to primary flashover.
 >  > Picture 2' by 3' plastic barrel of oil with some sorta super insulated
 >  > power cables going into the bottom.
 >  > *ponders what 1megavolt insulation would look like*
 >
 > 	Been done often. Works.  Messy!
 >
 > 	As for the superconducting bit, for any coil design I can imagine the
 > resistance of the secondary has very small impact on the desired output
 > - streamers, so can't imagine any benefits at all.
 >
 > Ed