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30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 00:01:14 -0600
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From: Malcolm Watts [SMTP:MALCOLM@directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 1998 8:48 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
Hi Mike,
> From: Hollmike [SMTP:Hollmike@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 20, 1998 7:08 AM
> To: tesla@pupman.com
> Subject: Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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> John, all,
> I have been reading all the arguments about this final charge left on the
> secondary. Many have said that this cannot happen due to the low DC
> resistance to ground, but one notion came to mind: As the amplitude of the
> output decays, there is some point where it dies out before the next bang.
> Being that there is a large inductor that resists the change in current, could
> it be possible that a small amount of charge be left in the toroid due to it
> not having enough potential energy to overcome the inductive reactance on that
> last current reversal before it dies out? This, if possible, could store a
> minute amount of energy until the next bang. I can't think of any way to test
> this notion, but thought I'd put it forward anyway.
> Mike Hollingsworth
Nice try. Unfortunately, the time constants involved are comensurate
with the resonant frequency.
Malcolm