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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:  Wednesday, March 18, 1998 10:19 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

At 07:31 PM 3/17/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>From:  Malcolm Watts [SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
>Sent:  Tuesday, March 17, 1998 2:41 PM
>To:  Tesla List
>Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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>A serious question:
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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
>> >
>> >John H. Couture wrote:
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>> >[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,
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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!
>> >
>> >-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?
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>>   JC
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>How can you possibly build up a static charge on the terminal if it 
>is grounded through the secondary winding?
>
>Malcolm
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  Malcolm -

  Tesla said there was a negative charge at the secondary terminal of an
operating Tesla coil. Richard Hull said he measured a positive charge. This
is contrary to what Tesla said. It is also contrary to what I found in two
types of test. 

  I said the secondary circuit because this is an RCL circuit and not just a
terminal connected to ground. What is the effect of an RF unsymmetrical
dampened wave in an RCL circuit and operating like a Tesla coil? The charge
can be and has been measured by several coilers. 

  John Couture