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Re: 8 kHz Tesla Coil



Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ha, very good Ed! Never considered such a high turn coil. Duh!

Large resistance per inch of secondary, so lower Q than normal, less
resonant rise, and broader band output.   But are these values
UNREASONABLY low?



>
> Take care,
> Bart
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> >Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Here's the design of an 8 kHz TC I whipped up last night:
> >
> >Diameter:  8 inches, height: 30 inches
> >
> >101,182 turns of #40 SF wire
> >
> >Wire length 21,327 feet, weight 0.66 pounds, DC resistance 2237 2 ohms
> >
> >Inductance 4.1896 henries
> >
> >Self-capacitance 14.5 uuFd
> >
> >Resonant frequency unloaded 20.4 kHz
> >
> >Toroid top load 72" OD, 24" tubing, capacitance ~79.2 uuFd
> >
> >Resonant frequency loaded = 8.04 kHz
> >
> >     Who wants to build it?
> >
> >Ed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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