Re: [TCML] Questions on grounding

["bryan_es@xxxxxxxxx" <bryan_es@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think it means that W per pulse increases while input VA remains approximately the same. It's just that you reduce the frequency a bit to give the caps a little extra time to charge. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong but would there be some lost potential as you move further away from the secondary's resonate frequency or one of it's harmonics? So if your pulse frequency is out of phase with your secondary's resonant frequency, wouldn't you be cancelling some energy out as it reflects through the secondary?




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From: Dex Dexter <dexterlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:04:12 AM
Subject: RE: [TCML] Questions on grounding

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>
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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



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