Re: Lighting incandescent lamps with TC

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Brett,

On 15 Sep 2002, at 16:04, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Brett Miller by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <brmtesla-at-yahoo-dot-com>
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> All,
> 
> I was wondering how many of you have tried the
> experiment where you cause an incandescent lamp to
> glow from current coupled by induction, by connecting
> a wire loop across the contacts of the bulb.  I tried
> this using a flashlight bulb, wire loop and approached
> (as close as I dared without being tagged by
> streamers) my running 6" coil.  Nothing.  Not even the
> slightest glow from the filiment (spelling?).  My coil
> is powered by one 12/60 NST.  I got even closer with
> the bulb to the point where plasma started streaking
> around inside it, but still no orange/white glow.  The
> wire loop was about 3-4 inch diameter and was 22 gauge
> insulated with gator clips that I just cliped onto the
> two contacts of the bulb.  Does anyone have any ideas
> as to what the problem is?

Insufficient coupling to the primary or secondary.

Regards,
Malcolm

> -Brett
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