Re: power v energy measurements, was Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks

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Original poster: "John Couture" <johncouture-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Bart -

I am beginning to agree with what you are saying. Trying to rate Tesla coils
with energy input and spark output is useless. It is a simple matter to find
the input energy but the output energy  for sparks is just too complex a
variable. However, the post I sent to Matt is a possible solution that may
be used under limited conditions.

John Couture

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Subject: Re: power v energy measurements, was Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks


 > Original poster: Bart Anderson <tesla111-at-sbcglobal-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I too have taken the side of finding this topic pretty much useless. The
 > battle of power and energy comes up on the TCML far too often. There are
 > those here who just love to research the physics (I'm in that category),
 > yet others find that stuff boring. Even though I love the research, it is
 > clear we will never be able to compare coils one for one. The best we can
 > do as a "comparison" is simple average power measurements for a given
spark
 > length (and maybe a few tid bits about break rates and losses). Efficiency
 > comparisons are not possible in this type of forum (as great as it is).
 > Those type of comparisons have to be performed in a controlled project
 > environment with the same engineers making comparisons with whatever units
 > of measure they choose to define. But not across a large forum like this.
 > There are just too many dynamics (and I'm not talking only of coil
dynamics).
 >
 > It is fun to read the posts however (kind of a love/hate thing).
 >
 > Take care,
 > Bart
 >