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30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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From: John H. Couture [SMTP:couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 12:44 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
At 10:10 AM 3/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
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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
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>John H. Couture wrote:
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>> 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.
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>John,
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>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!
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>-GL
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I agree that you cannot see the static charge on the toroid with the
scope. But why should this show up on the scope with capacitive coupling?
JC