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Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"




  Malcolm -

  Can you give us more info on the mechanical descriptions and the 1st order
differential equations? Also on net electrical effect on the tank observed
on scope? Are you referring to your waveform photos?   

  John Couture

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At 02:18 AM 2/4/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> 
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>> Original Poster: W Y Liu <eenwyl-at-sun.leeds.ac.uk> 
>> 
>> 
>> (snip) 
>> > Another TC operation that may be impossible to model is the
>> > operating spark gap. This involves thermodynamics and entropy. Magnetic
>> > circuits do not involve temperature or entropy.
>> > 
>> It is unlikely that these statement(s) will lead to anywhere, if everyone
>> trusts that this is impossible.  I can say that there are people who have
>> experience of characterising something similar. 
>
>I wholeheartedly agree. There are mathematical descriptions of the 
>gap available and its 1st order operation (and nett electrical effect 
>on the tank) can be observed on the scope by anyone who cares to look. 
>
>Malcolm
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