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Output Voltages
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Output Voltages
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 21:04:59 -0600
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From: HomerLea@aol.com [SMTP:HomerLea@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 1998 8:41 PM
To: tesla@pupman.com
Subject: Re: Output Voltages
In a message dated 98-02-07 14:31:17 EST, you write:
> heights, could equalize themselves to the average field gradient
> existing at their particular altitudes above ground.
>
As long as old men are reminiscing, in my youth (shortly after B.Franklin's
experiment),when the weather was right I could draw a steady 1/4 inch arc from
the TV antenna wire (roof antenna) to the water faucet. In my youth I also
built a 1/2 wave tesla coil (not tuned) without any torroids at the ends. It
gave a thin foot long spark between the ends. Has anyone built a 1/2 wave coil
with torroids? Seems like this would avoid the grounding problem. I know
people have built 2 coils that act as a half wave coil.
jim heagy