RE: Magnetic Force with Tesla Coil?

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Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <arpit-at-inzo-dot-org> 

by the same token, if we took a tesla coil secondary and put it on an 
induction cooktop, would we get Big Sparks?

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On 9/07/2004 at 7:39 AM Tesla list wrote:

 >Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
 >
 >  >> and was puzzled by why a coil doesn't behave like a giant
 >  >> electromagnet as well?
 >
 >Well, they do :) Like Dave Pierson said, the magnetic field is strong
 >enough
 >to vibrate and induction heat ferrous metals, and bend the beam on an
 >oscilloscope into little loops. I have never seen a TC primary actually
 >grab
 >pieces of iron, but I suspect this is because it's pulsed, the force
 >doesn't
 >last long enough to overcome inertia and actually move things.
 >
 >Here is a pic of the primary from my OLTC doing some induction heating with
 >1.2kW input and ~3500A peak current (note ripples in the water, show the
 >container is vibrating)
 >
 >http://www.scopeboy-dot-com/tesla/ol2ihtest.jpg
 >
 >Steve C.