RE: [TCML] Questions on grounding

["Dex Dexter" <dexterlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does that mean that power input (W) increases while apparent power drawn (VA) remains aprox. the same in a cooled static gap tesla transformer?


Dex 

--- chriskarr4@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

From: Christopher Karr <chriskarr4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla Pupman List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc:
Subject: RE: [TCML] Questions on grounding
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:50:15 -0700


Hello Joe,
The reason that a fan on the spark gap helps improve output of a Tesla coil is that it helps to extinguish the arc and blow out the ions. When the ions are all gone, the gap takes a higher voltage to make it break down, which means that there's more 'bang energy', resulting in more energy transferred to the secondary coil and that means larger streamers on the output.
Christopher



_____________________________________________________________
Washington DC's Largest FREE Email service. ---> http://www.DCemail.com ---> A Washington Online Community Member --->
http://www.DCpages.com
_______________________________________________
Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla