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Re: Power curve
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com, KLINEDA@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, QUANTUM@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, WMEYER@scientia.up.ac.za, bhaley@shore.net, frerichs@zfe.siemens.de, froula@cig.mot.com, haba@snakemail.hut.fi, jetter@ix.netcom.com, scott@csustan.csustan.edu
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Subject: Re: Power curve
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From: Esondrmn@aol.com
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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 11:53:13 -0500
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In a message dated 95-11-17 04:44:31 EST, tesla@grendel.objinc.com writes:
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>The 25 feet was had with 18KV charging 0.2uf (too big). I was also getting
>1KW / foot efficiency up to about 25KW. Above that, I was just melting
>metal.
> The capacitor was made of two 0.1uf/35KVAC caps in parallel. The power was
>fed across the gap.
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>The coil is very large. It is 4ft in diameter and 11ft tall (winding). It
>is
>wound with 5500ft of 14awg, 40KV silicone HV wire which had liquid silicone
>being poured on it while winding (all very expensive). The upper terminal
is
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>a circle of seven 20in aluminum spheres forming a piecewise approximation of
>a
>7 ft torus. They connect via pipes to a central sphere. The whole thing
>stands 2 stories tall. The coil with power supply live on an 18x8ft
trailer.
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>The coil assembly is raised hydraulically with an on-board gantry system and
>then the trailer is driven away. Some day when I get a scanner, I'll post
>some pictures of the beast.
>
>>I think you are correct, the only way to increase the output from my
present
>>system is by raising the input voltage. This is difficult since I have a
>>14,400 volt pole pig and a 15,000 working voltage primary capacitor.
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>You are up against the usual problem.
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>Zap,
>Mark
>
>
Mark,
Sounds like a very impressive project. I would like to see it run some day.
Do you have any video?
Ed Sonderman