30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

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• Subject: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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• Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:10:52 -0600
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From:  Greg Leyh [SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
Sent:  Tuesday, March 10, 1998 6:16 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

John H. Couture wrote:


[snip]
>   Because the TC system contains capacitors it has the ability to store
> electrical energy over more than one spark gap operation. This means the
> electrical energy can build up in the secondary circuit and provide one
> extra long random spark. 

John,

I know that we've been over this before, but you should really 
_really_ look at the actual secondary current in an operating 
TC secondary with an o-scope sometime. I think that you'll be 
surprised at just how dead the coil is between spark gap firings!

-GL

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