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Re: How should we measure coil efficiency
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@poodle.pupman.com>
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Subject: Re: How should we measure coil efficiency
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 23:09:53 -0500
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Approved: tesla@stic.net
From: FutureT@aol.com[SMTP:FutureT@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 1997 3:11 PM
To: tesla@pupman.com
Subject: Re: How should we measure coil efficiency
In a message dated 97-07-26 13:01:11 EDT, you write:
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> I maintain that this msmt can be done during operation, with an HV probe
> and an oscilloscope. One simply has to observe the cap voltage just before
> the gap fires. The msmt results are quite repeatable.
> The only reason that the msmt is easier on a DC coil is because the cap
voltage
> at firing is more constant, so an RMS conversion is not necessary.
> -GL
Greg, All,
Agreed, also a sync-gap should give a pretty repeatable energy charge
too, I would think?
John Freau
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