RE: lifter power supply - using Tesla coil (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 14:6:26 -0700
From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: RWW <rwall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: lifter power supply - using Tesla coil (fwd)


Dave,

Actually, a rotary lifter will produce thrust with either HVAC or pulsed
HVDC of either polarity. I demonstrated my rotary lifter powered by a 12 kv
60 ma NST at last years TCBOR Teslathon.

> They do not need a certain polarity to work but they _do_ need direct
> current.  You can run one with the lifter at either positive or negative
> potential but it has to be one or the other.

RWW