RE: Tesla Coil Efficiency Test

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Malcolm,

The input voltage is 120VAC and the variac is set for 120VAC too.  The load
is 220k Ohms in series with 2.5pF.  The coil is a 9/30 LTR coil with a sync
rotary gap.  Other detail are at:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MyCoils/SmallCoil/SmallCoil.htm

Cheers,

	Terry


At 01:24 PM 6/18/2002 +1200, you wrote:
>Hi Terry,
>
>On 17 Jun 2002, at 17:11, Tesla list wrote:
>
>> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I ran the computer model of my small coil today.  The schematic is at:
>> 
>> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/MyCoils/SmallCoil/SmallCoilSCH.gif
>> 
>> The power losses are listed at:
>> 
>> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/SmallCoilPower.gif
>> 
>> The power into the coil itself is 294 - 59.7 = 234.3 watts and the streamer
>> power is 81.4 watts.  The effieciency is about 34.7%.  Not that the gap
>> eats 40% more power than the streamers!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> 	Terry
>
>And the loading conditions (not stated) were ??
>
>Regards,
>malcolm
>