Re: [TCML] Would a Tesla coil work in a vacuum?

[dave pierson <dave_p@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- "Brian Hall" <brianh4242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As we know a Tesla coil is 'air cored',
     by convention.  Tesla tried other materials.

 
> so what if the entire secondary and primary were enclosed
> in a vacuum chamber?
     I'd expect it to work similarly, modest retuning.
     I'm Assuming a plastic/glass chamber?
     (metal does not bear thinking on, tho i vaguely
      recall some oil immersed exercises?)

> I imagine the toroid could sit atop and outside of the
> vacuum chamber, and the HV supply, spark gap and C1 could
> also be outside the vacuum - wires through the chamber
> walls sealed up nice and tight.
 
> With no air for a 'core' would there still be streamers off
> the toroid, same length and brightness as there would be
> for the same coil if it was without the vacuum chamber?
    Might be modest improvements: lower losses?

    Big vacuum chambers have their own, non zero risks.
    Been there, done that.

    best
     dwp
  
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