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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