RE: Bang energy vs. streamer length measurements

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Original poster: Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com 

Hi John,

I use an SMPS to charge the primary capacitor, not a pig nor an NST.

The test specification is very simple. I charge the primary capacitor to
a certain (predetermined) voltage, then I discharge it through the RSG.
I do this a certain number of times per second. Capacitor voltage and
BPS are varied as from my data on the web.
You can't make it much more simple than that :)
You can calculate the bang energy from the capacitor voltage (that's how
I did) and, if you want, the average power to the TC multiplying it by
the BPS. Remember that here we are talking about the TC energy balance,
excluding its power supply (the CCPS).

Best Regards

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: 7. heinäkuuta 2004 01:45
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Bang energy vs. streamer length measurements
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "john couture" <johncouture-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
 > Marco -
 >
 > This is a very cleverly method of testing a Tesla coil and it
 > certainly is a
 > different way of testing Tesla coils. However, I believe this
 > method may
 > have the same limitations of the test that coilers have been
 > using in the
 > past. I am still studying your measurements on Thor. What
 > were the input
 > conditions to the power transformer, volts, amps, power factor, BPS?
 >
 > John Couture
 >