Output Voltages

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• Subject: Output Voltages
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:07:21 -0600
• Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

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From:  FutureT-at-aol-dot-com [SMTP:FutureT-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent:  Wednesday, February 04, 1998 8:05 AM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: Output Voltages

In a message dated 98-02-03 16:32:26 EST, you write:

<< 
> Greetings All,
>                  Based on the various measurements, ideas and 
> theories that have been espoused, I would be most interested in 
> knowing what kind of consensus list members arrive at in determining 
> just how high a voltage Tesla really reached in his CS magnifier 
> system. Given that figures for lightning quoted from various sources 
> suggest around 30MV typically, could Tesla ever have reached 10MV?
 
> Interested,
> Malcolm

Malcolm,

My opinion is that Tesla achieved 500 kV, I don't see how the voltage
could go very high with all the spark loading and losses in his system.
I suspect that powerful coils achieve their spark lengths more through
power than voltage.  I don't think the voltages in a magnifier are any
higher than in a classic Tesla coil.  

BTW, did you ever get a change to measure the break rate of your
system over the Christmas holiday?

John Freau
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