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Re: 100 kva coil

Tesla List wrote:
> > > Richard,
> > >           You wrote....
> > >
> > > > The slightest and most gentle zephyer will decimate a Tesla arc!!!
> > > > Outdoor coils are always at the mercy of the wind.  Get your nice
> > > > perfomrer coil and take a large window fan and blow right at the toroid.
> > > >  I turned a three foot hot arc into an 8" streamer with such an
> > > > experiment.  Ions are the arc in a coil!!!!!
> > >
> > > Have you thought about the using the fan to direct the ions to a
> > > collection electrode? Seems to me you might get a moderately
> > > efficient rectifier right there.
> > >
> > > Malcolm
> >
> > Malocolm,
> >
> > Been there, done that.  In our 1993 ESJ article on Tesla electrostatics
> > we used it to prove that the bulk of the output of the Tesla coil was an
> > ion related phenomena.
> >
> > I have used this prinicpal of late, (Tape report #53), to show how to
> > power electrostatic engines, motors, and other DC devices from a running
> > 15 watt coil.
> >
> > Richard Hull, TCBOR
> 
> Richard,
>         Very interesting. I would like to know how you control/channel
> your ions. Do you use a plastic tube to channel and control there
> energy loss? I would be very interrested in the setup.
> 
> D. Gowin

D.,

The current method is shown in detail on our tape report #53.  The 
epitome of the process is to place a large modern type metal lamp shade 
(circa 1960s) in the shape of the classic "flying saucer" on an insulator 
on top of the toroid of the small coil.  Many small neddle points were 
directed upward to the over head free terminal.  No spark ever contacted 
the free saucer.  I was able to charge a big DC 1 ufd pulse cap in less 
than a minute to 15,000 volts DC!  I could also run 3 capacitor motors up 
to 1000rpm and a set of Franklin bells and two corona motors all at one 
time.

I wouldn't recommend this over a conventional DC supply though. I choked 
on ozone!!!

It is really just a novel and interesting phenomena not normally 
associated  or even imagined with TCs.

Richard Hull, TCBOR