Re: DC power on Tesla secondary (was 20 joules at 100 bps vs 4 joules at 500 ...

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Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
>
>      So would this setup fire one mean discharge at first light, and
> for the rest of the run (or until the "booster caps" were charged
> again) it would operate like a normal TC? How would one go about
> charging these caps "on the fly"? Or did he just rectify off the
> primary tank voltage?


If the TC discharge didn't hit earth, I bet the DC-electrified RF
discharge would spew ions like mad.  The TC would become a massive source
of ion wind.  This can make everything in the nearby environment start
sparking to ground, make your clothes stick to your body as if wet, and
perhaps trash your computers as the fan sucks charged air into the case
and spreads it across the plastic parts.



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