Re: Tesla coil polarity?

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• Subject: Re: Tesla coil polarity?
• From: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 06:35:38 -0600
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Gavin Dingley" <gavin.dingley-at-astra.ukf-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Matt,
> a DC powered tesla coil generates high frequency current that is fed into
> the base of a secondary coil. So instead of a primary coil you directly
> feed the secondary with high frequency alternating current (usually a high
> frequency pulse train passed through a capacitor). So in answer to your
> question, the output from a DC TC is AC, if that makes any sense.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Gavin
> 

	Perhaps simpler way to state it is that in a "DC TC" the primary
capacitor is charged from a DC source (series inductance is typical)
instead of being charged from a transformer.  Same basic coil.......

Ed

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