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Re: question about "lambda" (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:40:41 -0500
From: Matthew Boddicker <shmerpleton_town@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: question about "lambda" (fwd)

It's Matthew Boddicker.

When you say 1/2 or 1/4 wavelength, 1/2 or 1/4 of what? What would be a full 
wavlength? I guess a more accurate question would be, what is the fraction 
compared to?

Thanks,
Matthew Boddicker


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: question about "lambda" (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:44:34 -0600 (MDT)
>
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>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:33:46 -0700
>From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: question about "lambda" (fwd)
>
>Hi Matthew,
>
>Lambda in the electrical sense is simply wavelength, thus 1/2 wavelength
>or 1/4 wavelength.
>
>Wow, 4 pF? Very low and little energy for spark creation. Your question
>is very interesting. But, how about some specifications on the coil
>parameters?
>
>Take care,
>Bart
>
>Tesla list wrote:
>
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> >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:25:18 -0500
> >From: Matthew Boddicker <shmerpleton_town@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: question about "lambda"
> >
> >Hi, this is Matthew Boddicker
> >It's either a brain-fart or just a lack of reading the right information,
> >but what exactlty does "1/2 lambda" and "1/4 lambda" mean exactly?
> >
> >Also, probably tied into the same subject, I was tuning my coil by moving 
>an
> >alligator clip connecting the wire from the primary coil to the capacitor
> >from the max inductance down to the minumum. I was getting very little
> >sparks at the beginning, even when I had  the primary circuit the same
> >calculated frequency as the secondary. The capacitor is 4.075 picofarads.
> >The "tuned" circuit, to match the same frequency of 438 kHz secondary, is
> >being given an inductance of 32 microhenrys. But at this inductance (a
> >grounded rod was held 3.5" away from the top load), there was a tiny bit 
>of
> >purple corona. This observation was consistant until I hit an inductance 
>of
> >11microhenrys when many sparks broke out between the top load and the
> >grounded object. This frequency for the primary is calculated at 752kHz.
> >That's over 300kHz off! why does that work!?!?!
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Matthew Boddicker
> >
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