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Output Voltage vs. Firing Rate (fwd)
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Subject: Output Voltage vs. Firing Rate (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 23:33:05 -0500
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From: lod@pacbell.net [SMTP:lod@pacbell.net]
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 1998 3:54 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Output Voltage vs. Firing Rate (fwd)
FutureT wrote:
> > My old coil 'coalesces' at around 1500RPM, or 150BPS. However
> > the Electrum coil does so much earlier, around 110 to 120BPS.
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> > Perhaps this is due to a squared/cubed relationship in the
> > surrounding ion cloud, or in the arc itself, where doubling the
> > scale increases the surface area by 4, but the volume by 8.
> > This would slow the dissipation of both the ion cloud and arc.
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> > This is good news if true, for it would increase the upper limit
> > on the maximum practical size of a Tesla Coil.
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> > -GL
[snip]
> I would guess that if you used a different ROC
> toroid, the coalescence would occur at a different break rate. I think
> if your main tank capacitor was of a different size, this too might
> affect the coalescent break rate.
Do you have a theory as to why ROC or Cpri might affect it?
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-GL
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