Re: DRSSTC thoughts...

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

Hi,

The "record here" stands at a 59 foot arc from "point to point"... for 
"any" "Tesla coil..."  Bill Wysock's model 13...

http://www.ttr-dot-com/model13.html

But the solid state folks ain't no pushovers when it come to giant switches!!!

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/accelconf/l00/papers/WE103.pdf

Expect us to get kicked in the A** real soon there ;-))

But folks devoting such "big bucks" to "Tesla coils" is a limiter for 
now...   But the technology and brains are floating around out there now to 
blow us all away ;-)))

Cheers,

         Terry



At 09:43 PM 9/28/2004, you wrote:
>HUGE CHOP!!!!
>
> > I too must think
> > that the days of the
> > spark gap coil are numbered.  Not because there
> > "are" good SSTCs out there,
> > but because the will soon simply be the "best"
> > TCs...  Even "big" systems
> > are coming to speed fast!!  The record for a point
> > to point arc is 59 feet...
>
>I'm not picking on this particular comment. I've seen
>numerous similar comments about the end of the spark
>gap Tesla coil from a number of posters over the past
>few months. So the SSTC is going to do away with the
>old spark gap coils? You mean the way auto racing did
>away with horse racing? The way the cell phone did
>away with amateur radio? The way the gun did away with
>archery? The latest SSTC work is really
>amazing--nothing short of pioneering. But get a grip!
>
>Nuff Said,
>
>
>=====
>Gregory R. Hunter
>
>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
>
>