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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: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:10:52 -0600
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From: Greg Leyh [SMTP:lod@pacbell.net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:16 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
John H. Couture wrote:
[snip]
> Because the TC system contains capacitors it has the ability to store
> electrical energy over more than one spark gap operation. This means the
> electrical energy can build up in the secondary circuit and provide one
> extra long random spark.
John,
I know that we've been over this before, but you should really
_really_ look at the actual secondary current in an operating
TC secondary with an o-scope sometime. I think that you'll be
surprised at just how dead the coil is between spark gap firings!
-GL