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Re: TC Handbook



Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

A few years ago (1997), Bert Pool had a good text (43 pages) on building a
standard TC, and another one for building a magnifier configuration.  They
are copyrighted, but maybe Bert would give permission to use his good
material in whatever compilation (Handbook, searchable database, etc.) is
developed.
--Steve
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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:41 PM
Subject: TC Handbook


> Original poster: "Gary Johnson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<gjohnson-at-ksu.edu>
>
> I agree that we need a textbook/handbook on Tesla coils that is easier to
> deal with than the archives. When I found this listserv several years ago,
I
> started keeping the most interesting emails in folders like caps, chokes,
> gaps, etc. I now have 15 floppies on my desk with these folders. I rarely
> use them because it is so overwhelming to look through these many
megabytes!
>
> I suggest that we start with the topics that are mature and that most
every
> coiler needs to know something about. A topic, like capacitors, would get
a
> chapter (or several chapters) in a Handbook. I am thinking of .pdf files
(or
> similar) so that revisions are not too difficult. A topic would have
> multiple authors, or a single author with multiple reviewers. Once a topic
> was posted, there could be a one or two month period for review by the
> coiling community at large, and then a "final" posting. At that point, the
> chapter would have similar status of an IEEE Standard. People could use it
> with some assurance that it is correct.
>
> A topic might start off easy (high school algebra), progress to "one star"
> (circuit theory I), and maybe to "two star" (graduate coursework in
> electromagnetic theory). Or maybe we should have two Handbooks, one
broadly
> applicable for beginners through circuit theory I and the other for
advanced
> and specialized topics.
>
> I suggest the following topics for the first edition:
>
> 1. Overview of Tesla coils.
> 2. Capacitors.
> 3. Inductors.
> 4. Transformers.
> 5. Chokes.
> 6. Gaps.
> 7. Construction practices.
> 8. Safety issues.
>
> My concept of style and content for the first four topics in this list are
> the first four chapters of my Solid State Tesla Coil book at
> http://eece.ksu.edu/~gjohnson. The group is welcome to use these chapters
as
> a starting point for the Handbook. Note that it is easier to edit or
> critique something already in print than to write something from scratch.
My
> experience in textbook writing (Wind Energy Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1985)
> indicates that significant changes will probably be necessary to get these
> chapters into a form that most of us would like. I am not too thin-skined,
> as long as you don't get too personal in your comments.
>
> Topics like input impedance and solid state drivers are probably not
mature
> enough to deserve Handbook status. Topics like vacuum tube drivers are
> probably mature enough, but may be too specialized to be in the basic
> Handbook. The whole body of Tesla coil information is immense, but I think
> we could put together something very useful in perhaps 100-200 pages.
> Additional topics can be added as people are moved to write about them.
>
> Gary Johnson
>
>
>