RE: [TCML] How about some Tesla Coiling?

[Jeff Behary <electrotherapy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed,
I got your post and separate pictures also - excellent.  The vibrating coil is charging and discharging a cap - same principle in many ways.  The only real difference is the amount of wire necessary in the coils.
Very nice!
Jeff Behary> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:16:34 -0800> From: evp@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [TCML] How about some Tesla Coiling?> CC: > > 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> _______________________________________________> Tesla mailing list> Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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