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Re: Tesla Coil (No tank circuit or Cap's required)
BRAVO!!!
A very intelligent solution to an apparently difficult problem.
Grounded outside conductor?
Try a rectifier or a full wave voltage doubler next???
Would a co-axial cable do the job? Has anybody data on High Voltage
capability of Coax?
Federico Price
San Pedro, N.L. Mexico
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> I've been preparing to move my coil outside. Tonight I finished up a
> splice on 100' of 140Kv X-ray cable. Since the cable is shielded it has
> capacitance. As a matter of fact 100' of cable has about .007 uF. I had
> to test the insulation anyway so I connected the cable to a 15Kv neon.
> One live side was connected to the shielding and the other to the
> conductor. The cable passed the test. I wanted to see if I could drive a
> coil this way. I disconnected the tank circuit and connected the cable
> directly to the gap and the primary. I had to retune the coil but that
> was no surprise. It actually worked. I got 6" sparks. No tank circuit
> caps, only the x-ray cable a neon and the gap.
>
> paul m.
>
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