Re: Books-high voltage, tesla coil

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Original poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Greg Plumlee" <greg_plumlee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I need books on High votage and Tesla coils
> does anyone know of any good books.
> Please include ISBN if possible.
> thanks Greg Plumlee
> __

Hello Greg,

Unfortunately, most of the books that are specifically about Tesla 
Coils are fairly outdated. However, there is a wealth of information 
in the archives of the Pupman Tesla List:
http://www.pupman.com

The HV Community forum also has a searchable archive of Tesla (and 
MUCH other HV) material:
http://forum.4hv.org/

The Tesla Coil Builders Association News (unfortunately no longer 
published, but copies are available directly through Harry Goldman) 
also contains much wealth of theory and design information covering a 
20 year period. An online index can be found here:
http://home1.gte.net/res07cmo/hv/tcba/tcba.htm

Of course, I'd also suggest a few of the classics by, or about, Tesla 
and his inventions in order to gain more insights into Tesla Coil history:
"The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla" by Thomas 
C. Martin, reprinted in 1990 by Barnes and Noble, 496 pages, ISBN 088029812X.

"My Inventions" by Nikola Tesla, reprinted in 1995 by Barnes and 
Noble, 111 pages, ISBN 0760700850.

"The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla" by Glenn, Barnes and Noble, 
1994, 521 pages, ISBN 1566192668.

A wealth of other Tesla and Tesla Coil construction books can be 
found on Gary Peterson's site - check out the "Tesla Coils" section 
of his site. Some of the better Tesla Coil construction books include 
those by John Couture, Duane Bylund, and DC Cox:
http://www.tfcbooks.com/mall/booklist.htm

BTW, while you're at Gary's site, be sure to visit the page 
containing reprints of some of Tesla's contemporary writings:
http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/contents.htm


Regarding High Voltage books, it depends on how serious you want to 
delve into the topic. Beginning hobbyist "project" books include 
books by R. A. Ford, Walt Noon, Todd Pringle, and George Trinkaus. 
These are available from Gary's Site (see Tesla Coil listings):
http://www.tfcbooks.com/mall/booklist.htm

However, if you want to gain considerably more knowledge about high 
voltage engineering and are not intimidated by some math, then here 
are a couple of very affordable but very comprehensive titles 
covering high voltage engineering (published in India):
"High Voltage Engineering" by Wadhwa, 1994, ISBN 8122406130, soft 
cover textbook, 281 pages. Seven chapters cover breakdown mechanisms 
of gases, liquids, and solids, generation of high AC and DC voltages, 
generation of impulse voltages and currents, measurement of high 
voltages and currents, high voltage testing of electrical equipment, 
non-destructive insulation test techniques, and transients in power 
systems and insulation coordination. Excellent value for the price!

"High Voltage Insulation Engineering" by Arora, 1995, ISBN 
812240619X, hardcover, 290 pages. Focuses on the behavior, 
properties, and engineering application of gaseous, liquid, and solid 
dielectrics in high voltage applications. Contains five chapters 
covering electrostatic fields, their control and estimation, behavior 
of air and other gaseous dielectrics in electric fields, electrical 
properties of vacuum as high voltage insulation, liquid dielectrics 
in high voltage applications, and solid dielectrics and their 
behavior in electric fields. Great value for the price.

Here are a few other reasonably priced titles (typically in the 
$10-35 range on the used book market):
"High Voltage Engineering Fundamentals" by Kuffel and Zaengl, 1984, 
ISBN 008024212X (soft cover) or 0080242138 (hardcover), 498 pages. 
This is a very comprehensive title that focuses primarily on the 
practical aspects of high voltage generation and power transmission. 
Its seven chapters include generation and transmission of electric 
energy, generation of high voltages (AC, DC, impulse voltages and 
currents), Measurement of high voltages, electrostatic fields and 
field stress control, electrical breakdown of gases, liquids and 
solids, nondestructive insulation test techniques, and overvoltages 
and insulation coordination.

"High Voltage Engineering", 2nd edition, by Naidu and Kamaraju, 1995, 
ISBN 0071361081 (US version) or ISBN 0074622862 (International 
version), 372 pages. Eleven chapters cover an introduction, 
conduction and breakdown in gases, conduction and breakdown in liquid 
dielectrics, breakdown in solids, applications of insulating 
materials, generation of high voltages and currents, measurement of 
high voltages and currents, overvoltage phenomenon and insulation 
coordination, non-destructive testing of materials and electrical 
apparatus, high voltage testing of electrical apparatus, and design 
and layout of high voltage laboratories.

You can find most of the above titles on the following used book databases:
http://used.addall.com/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ats-query-page/

Hope this helped and best regards,

Bert
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