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Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <mod1@pupman.com>
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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 20:39:33 -0600 (MDT)
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Approved: mod1@pupman.com
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 08:41:20 +1200
From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM@directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Subject: Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
Hi Bart,
> Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:15:11 -0500
> From: "Barton B. Anderson" <mopar@uswest.net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
> Subject: Re: Continued Problems (fwd)
<snip>
> > One can model an equivalent circuit of the primary connected directly
> > to the mains and a choke appearing in the secondary side modified as
> > above. It is this effective choke that forms a resonant circuit with
> > the Tesla primary cap.
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> > Malcolm
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> I understand the above. However (here it comes),in a case of a tuned coil where the xfmr is
> given added L (choke), Ls is seen as (xfmr L + choke L) x turns ratio squared. Tank C being
> fixed (IMO) causes a change in the tanks resonant F in relation to any change in L before
> the xfmr. Then, resonator vs. tank F would not be "tuned". The primary tap would then need
> to be re-tapped so that Lp = original XL = original F?
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> Bart
Doesn't affect the Tesla tank itself since the charging reactances
(excluding the primary cap) are disconnected from the Tesla tank by
the gap when it fires.
Malcolm