Bill, Now, if you could have connected a key to that, and a long wire antenna, you would have been in business! One gigantic spark gap transmitter.
Best, Will *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/27/2011 at 5:36 PM William H. Fite wrote: >Without meaning to sound sassy, Brooke, let me assure you that there is >nothing "just" about it. While in high school I built quite a large Tesla >coil with a 16kv, 60ma neon transformer, a pressurized air-quenched spark >gap, a huge variac, and a bank of 50 .15mfd (I think they were .15mfd--that >was a long time ago--capacitors. The finished product, in addition to being >dangerous as hell to the careless operator could be heard more than a block >away and generated enough hash to bring TV and radio reception to a halt in >the whole neighborhood. > >And that isn't even a big one... > >So, no, it isn't magic and yes, it is an RF transformer with the primary and >secondary in resonance but, believe me, it is not "just" a transformer. > >Bill > > >On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Brooke Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It turns out that a Tesla coil is not magical, it's just an RF transformer >> where the primary and secondary are resonated. I took him some time to find >> a mechanical structure (pipe mast insulated by wine bottles with a >> capacitive top hat). The high school "Tesla Coils" really are just RF >> transformers because they omit the resonance on the secondary. >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5851 (20110206) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
