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Re: Tesla Coil Understanding



Subject: 
        Re: Tesla Coil Understanding
  Date: 
        Fri, 28 Mar 1997 19:34:38 -0500 (EST)
  From: 
        richard hull <rhull@richmond.infi.net>
    To: 
        Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>


At 11:38 PM 3/27/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Subject: 
>        Tesla Coil Understanding (fwd)
>  Date: 
>        Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:55:50 -0700 (MST)
>  From: 
>        List owner <listown@poodle.pupman.com>
>    To: 
>        tesla@poodle.pupman.com
>
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:02:26 -0700
>From: Scott Taylor <staylor@ppco.com>
>To: tesla-request@pupman.com
>Subject: Tesla Coil Understanding
>
> I have read and enjoyed the pointed posts to this list and it has
>helped a
>great deal of my understanding of Tesla Coils.  One common thread that
>seems
>to be apparent, and this is what I am seeking comments from the list on,
>is
>that, in general, Tesla Coils are not all that well understood.  Would
>you
>(the list) agree or disagree?  Is the interaction between the primary
>coil
>and the secondary coil well documented and understood?  Is the
>efficiency of
>a Tesla Coil understood, i.e., the whole Tesla Coil system consumes
>power
>from the wall, how much of the energy "makes it" to the top of the
>secondary...or is that even a legitmate question?  Perhaps these are the
>incorrect questions...lets ask just one more in this fashion...What is
>NOT
>understood, documented in the literature, etc, about Tesla Coils?
>
>Thanks much to all,
>
>Scott Taylor
>staylor@ppco.com
>
>Scott, 

 In radio terms, and as far as RF radiation is concerned, the Tesla coil
is
well understood.  We are never concerned with any of this.  We are using
the
system in a maximized loss mode from an RF standpoint.  Our goal is
spark!
Spark and its relation to the RF,  Its relative energy content, and a
number
of other points regarding the coil when operated solely for spark, are
not
well understood to any real precision.

Richard Hull, TCBOR