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Questions about Tesla Coil for lighting purposes?





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From:  Greg Leyh [SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent:  Wednesday, June 24, 1998 12:20 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Questions about Tesla Coil for lighting purposes?

> Hi, I'm studying the useage of Tesla Coils as a means for cheap lighting
> systems and I was wondering if anyone has done any work on this, 

RF powered fluorescent bulbs w/edison sockets are readily available
at any good hardware store, they should be ideal for your study.

> in particular I was wondering if anyone established what an optimum frequency
> would be, 

Optimum for what purpose? 

> has anyone experimented with a bipolar coil, because from what I
> can tell,  I should be able to run a wire from near the end of the coil to
> the end to the flourescent tube and ground the tube back to the coil by air.

The TC list archives are filled with bipolar coil information.
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-GL
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