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Re: Why does top capacitance work? (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 13:19:27 -0800
From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Why does top capacitance work? (fwd)
Ed Sonderman wrote:
> Malcom,
>
> Is it possible that this is the same phenomena as just adding more power to a
> given system and getting little or no increase in output? I have reached
> that point with my 6" dia coil. Once you get up to about 4kva in, adding
> power up to about 7kva results in little increase in output. I believe there
> is a power or performance curve for any given coil system that is based
> primarily on the physical size of the secondary - given a well designed
> system, i.e. good primary, in tune, good quenching gaps, good Q, etc. As you
> would expect, the curve starts out rather steep where doubling the input
> power results in considerable increase in output (discharge length). Then
> gets to a point where the curve gets quite flat and little output increase
> can be had even by doubling the input power.
>
> Comments?
>
> Ed Sonderman
Ed,
I was curious if you noticed where the extra 3kVA power went when you increased
to 7kVA. Did something get 3kVA hotter?
-GL