Re: insulator query (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:59:17 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: insulator query

I have already offered my expertise as a qualified physician with extensive 
HV experience that is very close to you locally in Australia. I am however 
getting a vibe that this is fringe science. The question you pose is a 
strange one to ask in isolation and doesn't make a lot of sense on the 
information you have given. Tesla circuits for a typical coil run at much 
lower frequencies and there are no ferromagnets in a normal coil. I am not 
even sure what you mean by a ferromagnet.  Could it be simple iron or 
AlNiCo, ferrite or Neodymium iron boron?
Insulating material? Air is the best. Nothing is going to "insulate" a Tesla 
type discharge properly from another nearby conductor due to simple 
capacitative effects at 17MHz. And if it is not a conductor then it doesn't 
need insulation.

Cheers Peter
http://tesladownunder.com
pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx


> Original poster: Lydia Perisic <lydiap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
> can anyone advise on the following:
> what kind of material would be suitable to insulate between a 17Mhz Tesla 
> circuit and the ferromagnet inside.
> Thanks
> lydia