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Re: Input power measurements





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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 10:29:33 -0700
From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Input power measurements

> 
> There has been a great deal of discussion on the list concerning
> distortion of the ac input power waveform.  Today, I monitored
> across the input power line using a scope during the operation of
> my 12kV, 30ma, neon powered, 42" spark TC.  The waveform was
> seen to be clean and undistorted at all times. 

Was that the current waveform, about which the discussion has centered, 
or the voltage waveform, which would be expected to be normal, as the 
power line is quite "stiff"?  What was the phase of the current compared 
to the voltage?