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Re: Tesla Twin
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Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 17:37:55 +1200
From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Tesla Twin
I'd just like to chime in and say that this is a *very wise*
warning....
> From: Thomas McGahee <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: Tesla Twin
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> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Re: Tesla Twin
> > Date: Wednesday, October 01, 1997 11:19 PM
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> > Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 18:18:17 -0400
> > From: "Edward J. Wingate" <ewing7-at-frontiernet-dot-net>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Re: Tesla Twin
> >
> > Tesla List wrote:
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> > > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 15:04:46 -0700
> > > From: Skip Greiner <sgreiner-at-wwnet-dot-com>
> > > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > > Subject: Re: Tesla Twin
> > >
> >
> > > I must have been asleep when I wrote this one. I plan to direct
> connect
> > > the driven secondary base direct to the undriven secondary base.
> I do
> > > not plan to use a ground connection on either base. I believe
> that the
> > > undriven secondary will act as a perfect counterpoise to the
> driven
> > > secondary.
> > >
> > > Again ...thanks for any observations
> > >
> > > Awake in Detroit
> > >
> > > Skip
> >
> > Skip,
> >
> > My twin doesn't work well at all without the common earth ground at
> the
> > base of the secondaries. It will be interesting to see if your new
> > system works without it! Good luck.
> >
> > Safe coiling,
> >
> > Ed Wingate
>
> Ed,
> Have you ever contemplated disconnecting BOTH grounds and
> direct-wiring the bases of the scondaries together? This is the
> arrangement that Malcolm was describing, and I can vouch for the fact
> that at least in a table-top system it works better than the grounded
> system... although I am somewhat wary of approaching the top of
> either secondary with anything that IS grounded.
>
> Fr. Tom McGahee
>From having run one of these systems at low power, I can say that you
will run into *very serious trouble* if either resonator is allowed
to connect with anything other than its mate. You can also run into
trouble if the topload prevents either coil breaking out easily.
Malcolm