Re: Tesla Diodes home made?

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Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>

Matt: Just what do you want to do ?  If you want a high voltage DC to charge
the laden jar capacitor bank it works very well. If you want to charge your
car battery it won't work.
   Robert  H 

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:22:09 -0600
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Tesla Diodes home made?
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> Resent-Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:25:36 -0600
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> In a message dated 4/26/02 1:48:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
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> << Matt: electrons are easly emmited from a point. Electrons do not tend to
> emit from a large smooth surface. The electron density on a point repells
> space electrons away from the point toward the cup so natural current flow
> is from the point toward the large area cup. Much the way a FRANKLIN
> lightning rod works to discharge your house roof durring a storm.  Point cup
> current flow is still used inside special photo  vacuum tubes today.
> Robert  H >>
> Oh ok, so would this work at all with a tesla coil?Probably not what i have
> in mind huh?
> 
> Matt
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