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Re: How do you measure coupling
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- Subject: Re: How do you measure coupling
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- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:51:10 -0600
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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@twfpowerelectronics.com>
Hi Mike,
At 11:48 PM 9/16/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>It`s been a wile since I last posted to the list but the UK list has kind
>of taken off.
Is there a UK list too? Cool!! I may be the last person on Earth to know :oD
>
>My 3 coil maggie experiments are coming along in leaps and bounds,
>mind you it`s nothing Richard Hull & the TCBOR have not already done.
>
>This might be a basic question but I NEED TO ASK IT....
>
>How do I measure the coupling between the primary and the secondary.
>I can get hold of a sig gen and a scope, I`v no idea how to operate these
>two bits of kit, I need the basics and some theory..
Honestly, no one "measures" that anymore. Computer programs can give
numbers closer than you can measure (1%):
http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Programs/MANDKV31.ZIP
http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/Programs/MANDKV31.PDF
I think Paul and Antonio (?) have independent programs too. I remember
comparing their errors, and it was "tiny"...
If you really need to do it, see this:
http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/1997/november/msg00898.html
Cheers,
Terry
>
>Cheers Mike Tucknott
>
>