Re: TC Electrostatics (fwd)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: TC Electrostatics (fwd)
From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 08:45:15 +1200

Richard,
           Consider that if you examine the terminal of a running TC
at an instant in time, it will be charged to some voltage. Is that 
timeslice not effectively showing DC?

Malcolm

> Recent experiments confirm a major role for electrostatic electricity 
> in a resonating classical TC secondary.  This does not negate the 
> necessity of EM coupling of a classic primary and TC secondary.  Energy 
> is electromagnetically coupled by induction between them.  Thus classic 
> TCs are not true electrostatic machines such as Van De Graf or 
> Wimshurst machines, but are electrical hybrids.
> 
> These findings call out for a 'true' electrostatic TC.  Magnifiers or 
> 'extra coils' currently probably come close to this, since they are 
> effectively shielded from the EM fields of their drivers.  
> Instrumentation for measurement of magnifier base currents and fields 
> must be developed.  Ultimately a pure electrostatic driver will be 
> developed.  This is a true Teslarian goal.
> 
> RWW