Re: Primary field strength

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Primary field strength
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com> (by way of terryf-at-verinet-dot-com)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:25:40 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> ----------
> From:  Sulaiman Abdullah [SMTP:sulabd-at-hotmail-dot-com]
> Sent:  Monday, August 24, 1998 12:34 PM
> To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject:  Re: Primary field strength
> 
> Please help my curiosity!
> Have any of you ever seen accumulation of energy in a Tesla
> coil from multiple primary firings?
> This would be for a situation where the energy in one primary
> firing would be insufficient for torroid size etc.
> If so then we could see some interresting results!
> 
> Thanks ... Sulaiman
> 

Sulaiman,

Unfortunately, for the Q's and breakrates seen in sparkgap driven
systems, this apparently doesn't happen. The energy from one bang is
completely dissipated before the next bang begins. 

In a Continuous Wave (CW) system, however, such as a vacuum tube coil
powered from a DC source, energy will build up in the secondary until he
rate of loss due to corona/streamers and other losses just equals the
power being put into the system.

-- Bert --