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Re: strength of vacuum



Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Terry,

What does it mean to put the "full" TC coil in a vacuum.  If this include
the toroid, how would it breakout and how would one see it?

Gerry R


 > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
 >
 > Pressurizing the thing (safely) is a pretty good way to get moderate high
 > voltage breakdown!  Pulling a 10e-10 torr vacuum on a full Tesla coil in
 > one's basement would be a giant achievement!  But there was that one in a
 > big steel tank filled with oil back in the 40's (?)
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 >          Terry