Group,
I looked at the photos of the Golka coil that Malcolm posted.
Perhaps this is a silly question but I wonder if the efficiency of the
unit would have been better if the primary coils were higher above the
ground. I've read that the earth is a pretty good conductor, and with the
primary coil being nearly on the ground, it would seem like the earth
would be like a big shorted turn. I could see the system wasting a lot of
energy just heating the dirt inside the coil setup.
Any thoughts?
Dave
I scanned a couple of photos I obtained a long time ago from
some Science magazine of Robert Golka's early replica of Tesla's CS
coil. Terry has kindly put them at:
<http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Malcolm/>http://hot-streamer.com/temp/Malcolm/