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Re: Tesla Twin Configurations





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Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 23:04:58 +0000
From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Tesla Twin Configurations

Malcolm Watts wrote:


> Fr McGahee,
>             A light just went on in my head. Here is the reason the
> twin's base connection will *never* be completely at ground potential:
> 
> *The zero voltage point occurs a small way up the driven resonator
> winding!!!!*  Why?  Imagine you separate the rest of the resonator
> from the bottom few turns. Now it is obvious isn't it? :)
[snip]


Here's another reason why the base will not be at ground potential:

A zero-volt drive signal cannot excite a series LC resonant circuit.
In fact, Vtop / Vbase will be proportional to the _loaded_ Q of the
resonator, just as in a magnifier.


-GL