Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)
From: "Robert W. Stephens" <rwstephens-at-ptbo.igs-dot-net>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 22:26:43 -0500

>>From ed-at-alumni.caltech.eduMon Oct 14 21:25:55 1996
>Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 19:17:42 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)

>Re: Oil and Coils
>	I, too, have read Tesla's remarks on his oil-immersed
>system.  Also, several years ago TCBA News had an old article
>(circa 1910?) on an insulation-testing coil setup built by
>GE, which involved a pretty big coil immersed in oil. I gather
>you didn't immerse the whole works (primary and secondary) in
>a single tank?????   A piece of 12"+ PVC pipe a few feet high
>would hold a lot of oil, and might be an interesting way to
>go.
>Ed

Ed,

If vous est addressing moi, yeah, I placed the entire two coil system 
into the 200 gallon tank and bathed with oil.  My coil is horizontal. 
What you suggest sounds like a practical solution to pri-sec 
flashover problems as coupling is increased to 0.2 and higher in a 
vertically oriented classical system.  I cannot help but think that 
where your idea would be best applied would be in the L1-L2 coil 
system of a magnifier where extremely high K's are desired.  I see 
the need for and use of plastic sheeting coiled up here to help.  
Richard Hull, what say you?  Tight coupled maggy driver application. 
Oil or no?

Regards,
rwstephens