30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

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• Subject: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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• Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 21:34:58 -0600
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From:  Greg Leyh [SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent:  Tuesday, March 17, 1998 4:45 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

> >John,
> >
> >I know that we've been over this before, but you should really
> >_really_ look at the actual secondary current in an operating
> >TC secondary with an o-scope sometime. I think that you'll be
> >surprised at just how dead the coil is between spark gap firings!
> >
> >-GL
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
>   I agree that you cannot see the static charge on the toroid with the
> scope. But why should this show up on the scope with capacitive coupling?
> 
>   JC

I was not referring to msmts of the static charge at all,
but rather to the _current_ in the base of the secondary.

The top electrode can't store a static charge between gap
firings, since there is a rather stout DC path to ground. 
Transformers must have current to support voltage.

-GL

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