Re: Midwest Cheesehead Teslathon

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Original poster: "Sam Barros" <sam-at-power-labs-dot-com> 

  Well if you destroyed the coil (by over voltage I assume; I've run two 
ignition coils at 5000W before in anti parallel and found that even at that 
power it takes a minute or two before the oil starts to boil, so over 
current on those is not much of a concern) it wouldn't spark, so that is 
not an issue :)
  I wonder if it is possible to run them like a tesla coil; I.E. have a 
high enough break rate that the sparks build on top of each other and grow 
like streamers... If that was possible it would be possible to get larger 
sparks without using more voltage than the insulation could handle...
  Ummm, looks like some experimentation is called for... I see a remake of 
Terry's GE HEI cup comming up... Terry; will you be attending?

Sam Barros
ME/EE Major at Michigan Tech
http://www.powerlabs-dot-org
"If at first you don't succeed, increase the amperage!"


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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:52:04 -0600, "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 > Yes, otherwise the driver circuit could start up at 0 mins and destroy the
 > coil in a supermassive discharge pulse in 5 mins. Hehe.
 >
 > ---Eric
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:02 PM
 > Subject: RE: Midwest Cheesehead Teslathon
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >  >About the Accel SuperCoil; does it have
 >  >  >to spark constantly like a Tesla Coil?
 >  >
 >  > Uh oh, Sam and Jim have opened a can of worms here. A Tesla coil doesn't
 >  > spark continuously either. It just lets off repetitive pulses at a fast
 >  > enough rate that they appear continuous to the eye.
 >  >
 >  > So to be fair, Dr. Resonance should specify a minimum break rate for his
 >  > competition.
 >  >
 >  > Steve C.
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >