Re: hyfrecator

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: hyfrecator
From: rick holland <rickh-at-ghgcorp-dot-com>
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 21:33:35 -0600

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> > Subject: hyfrecator

> > Hello!
> >
> > Has anybody out there heard of a hyfrecator (doctor's instrument.)  From the
> > name, I assume they use some sort of hi-frequency.  Do they have a Tesla Coil
> > inside?
> >
> 
>         Yes, I had one of these instruments a while back--it was
> in a black plastic case, and had a round knob on the front.  The
> round knob adjusted the voltage output, which went via an insulated
> wire to a plastic probe-like device with a sharp metal tip.  It
> looked like some kind of dental instrument.  I could get maybe
> 30kV out of it, so I think it does have a small tesla-type coil
> inside, or maybe just a step-up xformer like a tv flyback.
> Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions.
> 
>         -Jon
> 

-- 

You've just jogged my memory. I remember a tool you seem to have
described and it was used to test rebuilt picture tubes for cracks. It
did use a miniature Tesla coil in that a primary tank circuit excited a
secondary of high number of turns to produce an extremely high voltage
at low current to see if the voltage would penetrate the fused glass of
a repaired picture tube. The resemblance to a Tesla coil is uncanny,
even if unintentional.

  Rick Holland

  The Answer is 42