Modeling a magnifier

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• Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:11:34 -0600
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From:  Antonio C. M. de Queiroz [SMTP:acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br]
Sent:  Wednesday, March 11, 1998 10:08 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Modeling a magnifier

Malcolm Watts wrote:

>             It is beginning to look as if a number of aspects of
> Antonio's modelling is correct.

Well, physics cannot be so wrong... Your system uses L3>>L2, right?
(What are the inductance and capacitance values?)
In this condition C2 is small, and the system can only resonate
producing beats while the primary is connected, as in the first model
that I proposed. As Jim McVey observed, it is impractical to have a 
distributed C2 such that L2*C2=(L2+L3)*C3, what would produce beats 
after the opening of the spark gap (second model, with C2), if L2<<L3.
There is another possible working behavior for the magnifier, that
is the primary/secondary system being used as a CW generator, but
most of the members appear to agree that this is practically impossible.
(Or not?)
 
Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq

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