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On 14-06-06 12:34 AM, Dave Halliday wrote:
> I would 'guesstimate' the weight of the resonant circuit and put the same
> mass on the end of a tube and try it yourself (attired with requisite safety
> apparel).
>
> Besides, where is your voltage gradient? Your resonant circuit will have two
> poles. Are you planning to run a shielded line down the tube and connect it
> to the other end of the tube?
Yes that's what we thought. So when the tube is close to the coil it
lights up directly, and when it's far away it lights up from the voltage
produced by the receiver circuit.
>
> Dave
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Boyle
>> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:16
>> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [TCML] wireless tuned lamps
>>
>> I'll be sure to wrap those tubes so they are mechanically sound.
>>
>> However the idea I need advice on is taking a couple hundred feet of
>> copper magnet wire like the kind you wind on a secondary, and
>> coiling it
>> up onto a form that sits at one end of a fluorescent tube.
>> Add a tuning
>> capacitor in parallel to make a tank circuit and using that as an
>> antenna to extend the range of the wireless light effect. It's like a
>> crystal radio circuit but it is there to only receive power and no
>> signal. The winding and capacitor would be visible and part
>> of the cool
>> retro look.
>>
>> Any thoughts on that?
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14-06-05 11:50 AM, Terry L wrote:
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> Not sure if your receiver idea is practical. However, I do suggest
>>> that you wrap the hand held fluorescent tubes in clear plastic food
>>> wrap. This way if they are accidentally dropped the breakage may be
>>> contained. I do this at Burning Man shows. Just my opinion.
>>>
>>> Terry Leonard
>>>
>>> On 6/4/2014 7:46 AM, David Boyle wrote:
>>>> I'd like to make a bunch of 3 foot fluorescent tubes for
>> my upcoming
>>>> high voltage show at the Ontario Science Center. The idea
>> is to hand out
>>>> 6 or 7 of these into the audience then turn on the coil
>> with just a very
>>>> small amount of current from the main variac. So without
>> any visible
>>>> plasma discharge from the toroid, the lamps light up in
>> the crowd and
>>>> boosts their anticipation.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to extend the range of these lamps and I thought
>> of putting a
>>>> tuned receiver onto their ends.
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