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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
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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
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