RE: Secondary size

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Luke,

At 12:58 AM 1/17/2004, you wrote:


>By the way the lumped sum theory is bogus???!!
>I ran across it early in my search and took it at face value and didn't
>give it much more thought.

Lumped elements can be used with great success in many cases.  Determining 
the top load capacitance is a problem but programs like E-Tesla:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Programs/Programs.htm

Fix that.  Now Barts JAVATC is much better:

http://www.classictesla-dot-com/java/javatc.html

Paul's work dives into the far more subtle details where lumped theory does 
breakdown.  But for most work, lumped theory does just fine.

Cheers,

         Terry


>Thanx again  :)
>
>Luke Galyan
>Bluu-at-cox-dot-net