Re: tesla coil operation illustration (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:37:36 -0400
From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: tesla coil operation illustration (fwd)

>Hi Scott,
>
>How does a change in frequency produce a voltage gain?
>
>How does the tank system step up the transformer's voltage?
>
>Matt D.
>
Matt D,
     Perhaps I should have been more specific, a change in frequency does 
not step up the voltage, but people (like English and History professors) 
understand this concept better than trying to explain how a true resonant 
circuit works by capacitors and inductors shifting phase, and one charging 
by current and the other by voltage, etc.  And no, the Tank system does not 
step up the transformers voltage, but the resonance allows a potentially 
much higher voltage to be generated in the spark gap than what the 
transformers are capable of alone, so as far as the layperson is concerned, 
the resonant system is making the transformers put out more.  This is not 
correct, but without going into excruciating detail (that most people don't 
actually care about or understand) you cannot easily explain it any other 
way (they just don't get it!).  Thanks.
Scott Bogard


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: tesla coil operation illustration (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:01:07 -0600 (MDT)
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>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:28:23 EDT
>From: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: tesla coil operation illustration (fwd)
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>
>In a message dated 8/23/07 7:42:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>In a resonant system there is a huge voltage gain because of the
>frequency change, so the tank system steps up the transformers output
>voltage, which resonates the secondary, and creates an oober bigger step  
>up
>than from the directly induced voltage based on turns  ratio.
>
>
>Hi Scott,
>
>How does a change in frequency produce a voltage gain?
>
>How does the tank system step up the transformer's voltage?
>
>Matt D.
>
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