Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

John. Your comments are good, Years passed I used 2 -5 ft dia nickel steel
sea bouy as charge collectors. The weight made that dificult. Then I used
large 55gal bear kegs on coke bottle insulators stacked 3 high on PE disks
as charge collectors. Now I just use my TC as a direct power supply for
small projects. Less space and resorces.
-- 


 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 07:23:05 -0600
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks
 > Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Resent-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 07:33:24 -0600
 >
 > Original poster: "John Couture" <johncouture-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
 >
 > Robert -
 >
 > The voltage regulation of a TC is very poor. When you add a load to the TC
 > output the voltage drops very fast. The idea would be to load the TC so that
 > the
 > voltage is lowered to the amount you want to work with. If you have a TC
 > that
 > produces 1 million volts and you load it with a series of resistors the
 > voltage will drop to a much lower value. Your job would be to determine the
 > number, ohms, and wattage of the resistors.
 >
 > This is real easy to do with a small TC at any output voltage. It also gives
 > you a good method to find the overall efficiency of your coil. With big
 > coils you need big wattage and expensive resistors that will be producing a
 > lot of heat.
 >
 > It is interesting to note that a Tesla coil is the only ultra high voltage
 > electrical device that you can load without the voltage going to almost
 > zero. In fact this is one of the reasons that Tesla invented this type of
 > electrical apparatus. He needed both ultra high voltage and high power.
 >
 > John Couture
 > --------------------------------
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:45 PM
 > Subject: Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks
 >
 >
 >> Original poster: robert heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>
 >>
 >> John; When is the last time you tried to load 1 million volts into a
 >> resistor,  Good Luck
 >> Most peoiple just gauge power in vs spark out. I gauge only volts
 > out
 >> not spark lengh as I use my TC as a voltage source only. Have fun
 >> Robert   H
 >> --
 >>
 >>
 >>> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >>> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:01:11 -0600
 >>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >>> Subject: RE: SSTC does 10 foot sparks
 >>> Resent-From: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 >>> Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:08:37 -0600
 >>>
 >>> Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net>
 >>>
 >>> Hello John
 >>>
 >>> They use to load tesla coils with x-ray tubes. Heating up the filament
 >>> to the proper level for a given tube, the current through the tube
 > could
 >>> perhaps be measured. Maybe this sort of data could be worked back to
 > say
 >>> something about output. Of course, shielding from x-rays would be a
 >>> problem.
 >>>
 >>> Godfrey Loudner
 >>>
 >>>> Maybe we should just test the TC output with a resistive load like
 > most
 >>> electrical generators >are tested.
 >>>
 >>>> John Couture
 >>>
 >>>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >
 >