Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks

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Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com> 

I agree wholeheartedly.

Dan


 > I really do not know why this is such a issue:
 > Power= work (or energy transfer) per unit time:
 > P = dW / dt
 > Energy= the theoretical maximum amount of work that can
 > be obtained from a system: the joule.
 >
 > The coilers here, for the most part, are not concerned
 > with semantics, just how long the spark is -vs- when
 > the breaker trips ;-O But when Steve says he hasn't
 > triped the 20 amp breaker, that really doesn't mean
 > much. The breakers can see much greater than rated
 > current for short periods of time, and it doesn't
 > account for the resistance to the coil...
 >
 > But John, I seem to remember a time when you didn't
 > want the "un-holy" subjects of VTTC's and SSTC's even
 > discused on this list ;-)
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > David Trimmell
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:14:13 -0600, "Tesla list" wrote:
 >
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "John Couture"
 >  > <johncouture-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >  >>>>>>>>>>Snip<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>
 >  > Don't feel bad. This power/energy battle has been
 > going
 >  > on for a long time
 >  > on the List. The problem is still in much of todays
 >  > literature. For example
 >  > I was just reading about power on the internet and it
 >  > mentioned power
 >  > consumption. On the surface this sounds OK. However,
 >  > power is like volts or
 >  > amps and to say these paremeters are consumed doesn't
 >  > make sense. But energy
 >  > is a quantity of electricity and this can be consumed.
 >  >>>>>>>>>>>>Snip<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>
 >  > John Couture
 >
 >
 >
 >
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