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Re: [TCML] How about some Tesla Coiling?



Hi Jeff, all,

I wonder if the 30 watts vs  6" sparks claim was based
on actual wall plug power draw or was based on the
total energy of primary C (in J or watt/sec) discharge
per bang x BPS, or possibly even just the energy per
bang? I, for one, would be highly suspect of a 6"
or 12" discharge claim from a mere 30 or 35 watts of
actual wall plug power consumption. Am I being overly
pessimistic?

David"

Where is the description of the power and spark length in Tesla's own words? Is it just possible [some will call this blasphemy] that he may have exaggerated things just a bit?

Somewhere in Hotstreamer there are some pictures of my Quadrac-driven spark coil using a pair of GMHEI ignition transformers in oil. With 36 watts input [300 volts at 120 ma] it will give 5" sparks although that's limited by the breakdown of the coils rather than the available spark length. Same coil driven from a 12 volt battery through a rather inefficient 12 volt to 300 volt DC/DC converter takes 5 amps for the same output. I don't know whether a vibrator interruptor excited coil can do as well as a capacitor discharge one.................................

Ed
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