"Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Sadly, much of the population have zero understanding of technology or science. Hence, everything is magic. -John =============== > Hi Bill: > > Agreed. But there are those that consider them magic. > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.PRC68.com > > > 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. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
