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Re: strike rail mystery. (fwd)



Original poster: List moderator <mod1@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:14:19 -0500
From: resonance <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: strike rail mystery. (fwd)



It will only "absorb" energy if he strike rail is completely closed, ie, a 
one turn coil.  If open circuit, no potential can develop and no current 
flows, so no electromagnetic energy is used.  Some electrostatic energy 
might be present in the strike rail but a very low value.

Dr. Resonance
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> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:56:14 -0500
> From: Stan <wsmg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: strike rail mystery. (fwd)
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> Hey Scott,
>
> I've just been getting into coiling for the last 2 yrs and one thing
> that amazed me one night was thinking out the whole scheme of a coil.
> It's coil after coil after coil, etc. You have the variac to adjust
> voltage, then the ballast to adjust current, then the primary circuit
> with a tank, then the secondary. Before all that you have the coils in
> the generator that brings the power to our homes via the pole pig
> nocking it down so we can bring it back up to what our coils need to
> make sparks that we enjoy. Where does it end. You have alot of energy
> flying around a coil and anything near it is going to pick up on it, the
> strike rail is another coil that's going to absorb energy when it isn't
> grounded. Hope this helps
>
> Stan
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> Tesla list wrote:
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>>Original poster: List moderator <mod1@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:59:32 -0400
>>From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: RE: strike rail mystery. (fwd)
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>>That's interesting, but I have to wonder, is the strike rail robbing any
>>power at all, or is this negligible.  Either way, the strike rail is put 
>>to
>>good use, so I don't plan on disconnecting it.
>>Scott Bogard.
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>>>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: strike rail mystery. (fwd)
>>>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 08:22:31 -0600 (MDT)
>>>
>>>Original poster: List moderator <mod1@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:19:37 +0000
>>>From: Hans Schattenmeister <klugmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: RE: strike rail mystery. (fwd)
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>>>With the strike rail disconnected it is free to resonate with the 
>>>primary.
>>>In effect it is acting like a single turn independent coil. Pretty
>>>cool.....
>>>
>>>Paul
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>>>>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: strike rail mystery. (fwd)
>>>>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 06:17:12 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>
>>>>Original poster: List moderator <mod1@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:41:13 -0400
>>>>From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: strike rail mystery.
>>>>
>>>>Hey folks,
>>>>    Ok, I was running my coil, and my shoddily connected strike rail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>wire
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>>>>came disconnected from my strike rail and I noticed something very odd.
>>>>
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>>>My
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>>>>strike rail arced to the wire.  The rail is not a complete turn, there 
>>>>is
>>>>about a 3-in gap between the ends.  I'm thinking maybe this is an
>>>>indication
>>>>of poor RF grounding, as that is the only thing both the rail and the
>>>>secondary are directly connected to.  But I am not sure.  Any input 
>>>>would
>>>>be
>>>>appreciated, thanks.
>>>>Scott Bogard.
>>>>
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