Re: Lighting incandescent lamps with TC

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Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi all,
  Is this test similar to the quarter wave plate antenna
test? (one side of the lamp is connected to the plate, the
other to ground.. )

Just curious.. 

Coiling In Pittsburgh
Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>
> 
> > All,
>  
> > I was wondering how many of you have tried the
> > experiment where you cause an incandescent lamp to
> > glow from current coupled by induction, by connecting
> > a wire loop across the contacts of the bulb.  I tried
> > this using a flashlight bulb, wire loop and approached
> > (as close as I dared without being tagged by
> > streamers) my running 6" coil.  Nothing.  Not even the
> > slightest glow from the filiment (spelling?).
> 
> 	close.
> 	filament.  8)>>
> 
> > My coil is powered by one 12/60 NST.  I got even closer
> with
> > the bulb to the point where plasma started streaking
> > around inside it, but still no orange/white glow.  The
> > wire loop was about 3-4 inch diameter and was 22 gauge
> > insulated with gator clips that I just cliped onto the
> > two contacts of the bulb.
> 
> 	Lighting a filament (a demo Tesla used to do) I've
> 	not tried.  The physics are simple:
> 		need to get enough current into the filament.
> 	(Tesla used to use Very heavy copper, i've heard
> 	tales of bus bars....) to demonstrate that The Freqs
> 	are Different and the behaviour is different.)
> 	Random thoughts:
> 		Pick a LOW CURRENT lamp (measure them)
> 		Flashlight lamps are high current FOR THE
> 		EQUIVALENT WATTAGE.
> 		Try a multiturn coil.
> 		Fat Wire (current operated device).
> 		Build a series resonant circuit AT THE COIL
> 		freq?
> 
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to what the problem is?
> 	Not enough current.
> 
> 	(Filaments are very nonlinear.  Might be Just
> 	Under incandescence and Not Quite There.)
> 
> 	best
> 	dwp
> 
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