Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!pwu From: pwu@uwmacc.UUCP (Peter ) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Tesla Coil Message-ID: <675@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Dec-86 17:15:46 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.675 Posted: Fri Dec 12 17:15:46 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 07:01:36 EST References: <4815@reed.UUCP> <823@A60.UUCP> <824@A60.UUCP> <904@sfsup.UUCP> Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 22 In article <904@sfsup.UUCP>, dcm@sfsup.UUCP (David C. Miller, consultant) writes: > Not necessarily [that a capacitor in series with the primary of the tesla > coil is required]. In fact, I would hazzard a guess that Gene could have > omitted the spark gap as well and it would have still worked. Hazard indeed. If he did that he'll blow out the fuse or the neon transformer in no time. Imagine shorting the output of a neon transformer (~1000 V) to the primary of the tesla coil (several feet of wire loop around air is as good as short circult to 60 Hz AC). Maybe I am wrong; someone ought to try this out :) peter /* ** ARPA: pwu@unix.macc.wisc.edu BITNET: WU at WISVMACC ** UUCP: {seismo|harvard|topaz|caip|ll-xn| <-+ ** allegra|akgua|ucbvax|bellcore|ihnp4}!uwvax!uwmacc!pwu | ** | ** Uuhosts on this line probably have faster delivery time. ---+ */