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Re: [TCML] Richard Burnett´s resonant charging ideas confirmed

Yes still a very loud RSG spark gap. Still going strong. been a long time
fan.

On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 4:57 PM Kurt Schraner <k.schraner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hello Jan,
>
> Here, in Switzerland, I’m also one of the old spark-gappers. My “Black &
> White” TC had first light in July 2000, and was recently (July 2019)  on a
> performance in Bern (Ostermundigen) in a very big former high-bay warehouse
> ( Floor space ~110x110 m; Height ~17 m).  My friends of the Bern University
> have continued to refresh and enhance the coil, together with the original
> crew. Urs Lauterburg organized the whole performance and demonstrated the
> coil to the public:
>
> The local TV channel "Tele Bärn" has made a short contribution to our
> Tesla coil in the "News" on Wednesday, 24th July 2019 at 6 pm, before the
> public screenings:
>
> https://www.telebaern.tv/telebaern-news/spektakulaere-blitze-teslatransformator-in-bern-135309013?utm_source=shared-email
>
> Later I received a nice video from the visitor Markus Lehner; thank you!
> The video can be viewed at this link: https://vimeo.com/350242089
> (© Markus Lehner)
>
> In addition, it may be recalled here that the B&W TC was shown to the
> public in the early years of the millennium (2000 Technorama, 2002
> Voltahalle / Gundelifeld Hall 7), with comparable results, by the designers
> of the TC. On my youtube channel:
> https://www.youtube.com/user/hvchbs/videos?view=0  see the video:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Qx-Bvw5ZQ&t=52s
>
> From the year 2005 (the celebrations to the 100th anniversary of the
> special theory of relativity), the TC found a long-time residence at the
> University of Bern, after use. The designers are extremely grateful for
> that. And the Physical Institute of the University, with Urs Lauterburg as
> an experiment-preparer ("physics demonstrator"), has used the coil and
> always gradually replaced "hobbyist solutions" of the original construction
> with improved and more professional ones (prime example: synchronously
> rotating spark gap reconstructed / Franz Marbacher + team).
>
> We hope and trust that "Black & White" will find a permanent home for the
> future at the Institute of Physics at the University of Bern, where it is
> in good hands and occasionally can be presented to interested audiences on
> special occasions, as a symbol of the achievements of scientific research.
>
>
> Kurt Schraner
> http://home.datacomm.ch/k.schraner/index.htm
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Tesla <tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> Im Auftrag von jan@xxxxxxxx
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. November 2019 13:48
> An: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [TCML] Richard Burnett´s resonant charging ideas confirmed
>
> I was finally able to confirm Richard Burnett´s ideas about resonant
> charging by both simulations and measurements. This is at my site
> www.sthlmteslacoil.se <http://www.sthlmteslacoil.se>  now, as well as
> some recommendations on how to measure this. There are also some
> suggestions on how to measure cap voltage indirectly on the HV transformer
> primary side.
>
> Please comment, if there still are any spark gap coilers left, in these
> days of solid state coils  😊
>
> Jan
>
> Stockholm, Sweden
>
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