Re: [TCML] Tesla's topload

[Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure that surface area correlates with effective capacitance.  If it
did, then a corrugated aluminum duct topload would have significantly higher
capacitance than a smoothed-out one.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Weinhold Shannon L <
Shannon.L.Weinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Tesla's topload bumps were a novel way of increasing the surface area of
> an capacitive topload..allowing a smaller toroid to have the capacitance
> of a larger one.
> Tesla indicated the need for one of the bumps on the top of the toroid
> to be slightly larger than the rest to allow the release of excessive
> energy in a harmless fashion, and therefore "avoid a disastrous blow to
> the framework supporting the electrode" (can't remember his exact
> words...but something quite dramatic that warned of the dangers of a
> random breakout of a streamer.)
>
>
>
>
> Shannon Weinhold
>
> "Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter.
> When they separate, man is no more."
> ~Nikola Tesla
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim [mailto:timothy.wenzel@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 10:36 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [TCML] Tesla's topload
>
> I have been wondering lately...why does Tesla's patent 1119732 and other
> designs show the topload with a surface covered in rounded bumps?  I
> assume that this prevented breakout to some extent as he was intending
> to create a corona effect according to the patents.  His intent was
> wireless transmission of energy.  We design our coils for a light show.
>
> Has anyone ever tried to re-create the surface indicated by his designs?
> If so, what was the effect as compared to the smooth toroid with and
> without a single breakout point?
>
> T.J.Wenzel
>
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