RE: Magnetic quenching.

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

HI Dave,

These are nice and what I use.

http://www.themeterguy-dot-com/advertising/Kill%20A%20Watt/killawatt.htm

I have no relation to the above site, but they are easy for me to remember ;o))

Just $35 or even less if you look around...

I did blow one up once.  Keep the meter far down line well away from the 
operating coil.

Cheers,

         Terry

At 08:50 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Gerry,
>
>I don't have a watt meter at this time so I can only infer the input power
>from the transformer rating.  I use a 15kV, 30mA NST so my input power with
>the variac open is about 450 watt.
>
>A significant cause for the cool running of my coil is due to the secondary
>construction technique.  After studying Tesla's Wardencliffe patents and
>previous patents concerning secondary coil shapes, I deduced that the
>Wardencliffe secondary is actually a combination flat spiral and tall
>solenoid coil.  The introduction of the flat spiral in the secondary appears
>to alter the electromagnetic orientation of the electrons and allow the
>coils, capacitors and spark gap to run a lot cooler.
>
>With Terry Fritz's guidance, I have just finished setting up a new testing
>laboratory for investigating the properties of this type of coil design.  If
>my research funding continues as in the past few months, I'll buy a new
>digital watt meter to interface with the DAQ system.
>
>Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:30 AM
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Re: Magnetic quenching.
> >
> >
> > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
> > Hi Dave,
> >
> > What power levels are you using?
> >
> > Gerry R
> >
> >  > I've used magnetic spark quenching for years with no loss of
> > magnetism in
> >  > the magnets.  In fact, there is no heating of the magnets.  My
> > spark gap
> > and
> >  > TC run so cool as a unit I can operate it for an hour with no
> > appreciable
> >  > heating on the transformer, gap, or coils.  The spark gap itself makes
> > very
> >  > little noise compared to my copper tube assembly spark gap.
> >  >
> >  > Dave
> >  >
> >  >