RE: Magnetic Force with Tesla Coil?

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

That really might work!!!!!!!!

But don't let it fry the oven's electronics!!!

Cheers,

         Terry


At 06:01 PM 7/9/2004, you wrote:
>by the same token, if we took a tesla coil secondary and put it on an 
>induction cooktop, would we get Big Sparks?
>
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>On 9/07/2004 at 7:39 AM Tesla list wrote:
>
> >Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
> >
> >  >> and was puzzled by why a coil doesn't behave like a giant
> >  >> electromagnet as well?
> >
> >Well, they do :) Like Dave Pierson said, the magnetic field is strong
> >enough
> >to vibrate and induction heat ferrous metals, and bend the beam on an
> >oscilloscope into little loops. I have never seen a TC primary actually
> >grab
> >pieces of iron, but I suspect this is because it's pulsed, the force
> >doesn't
> >last long enough to overcome inertia and actually move things.
> >
> >Here is a pic of the primary from my OLTC doing some induction heating with
> >1.2kW input and ~3500A peak current (note ripples in the water, show the
> >container is vibrating)
> >
> >http://www.scopeboy-dot-com/tesla/ol2ihtest.jpg
> >
> >Steve C.