I can build a Tesla Coil no problem, however I am trying to build one without resonance. Now I can understand for example, 10% coupling will take 10 cycles to...
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Bert Hickman
bert_hickman
Jun 1, 2009 5:32 pm
Hi Chris, Let me preface this by saying that time does nor permit me to engage in a long dialog on this. I'll briefly try to address some potential conceptual...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 1, 2009 6:55 pm
Hi Bert, Thanks for your reply. I will print out also read later. All the guy really said was discharge as many joules as fast as possible. Loose couple to...
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Fred Huff
fmhuff
Jun 1, 2009 7:58 pm
OK Chris, If I get this right you are simply trying to create a very short pulse of high voltage output from a low voltage source. I will dispense with why...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 1, 2009 8:27 pm
Hi Fred, thanks for the reply, and the link, it looks like something I read a while ago, but will read it again.. what I was told sounds similar, to ramp up a...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jun 2, 2009 1:29 am
... This mode of operation seems to crop up in Tesla's stuff, but I've never seen it discussed outright (or discussed by coilers, ever. It seems to be a...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 2, 2009 7:42 am
Bill, Thanks for that info, I did not even know about the cone coils operating like that. The magnifier really confuses me. I can understand the driver section...
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Fred Huff
fmhuff
Jun 2, 2009 7:04 pm
Chris, one thing important when dealing with information about Tesla and his work. There is a lot of good information out there but it's all jumbled with wacky...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 3, 2009 9:57 pm
Fred, If a large slow pulse was to create some effect, I doubt it would be anything us mortal people could cook up in our sheds. I have a lot of Tesla's...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 4, 2009 1:45 pm
I have a common problem with my design here. For example, I would presume a high current pulse is better. However in order to obtain a high current pulse, it...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 4, 2009 2:35 pm
I've never exactly understood this.. though if you link to SCR's in series (or mosfets), and they do not switch at exactly the same rates, then would this...
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Bert Hickman
bert_hickman
Jun 4, 2009 3:37 pm
... Yes ... Worst case, the slower device would indeed see 100V. If it is only rated for 50V it will likely fail, followed in short order by the remaining ...
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Chris Swinson
exxos_uk
Jun 4, 2009 5:33 pm
In a way its just like having a large zener across the IGBT to clamp to 1KV. It just seems a little "hit and miss" to me. I did talk to Terry a while ago...
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Fred Huff
fmhuff
Jun 5, 2009 5:30 am
... Fred, If a large slow pulse was to create some effect, I doubt it would be anything us mortal people could cook up in our sheds. I have a lot of Tesla's...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jun 5, 2009 6:27 am
... The "Non coil" rule is there to keep Pupman stuff on Pupman. This is really a science list, not an engineering list. If your goal is to build...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jun 5, 2009 10:30 am
... In resonance mode, voltage is stepped up via resonant rise, so in resonance mode, a magnifier is not much different than a 2-coil device. ... No, it would...
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Bill Beaty
bjbeaty
Aug 16, 2009 5:22 am
Here's a hilarious archive from the IG-nobel prize people, the A.I.R. http://www.youtube.com/user/ImprobableResearch...
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HarishS
kumar_harish...
Oct 11, 2009 7:10 pm
Hello, Tesla gods, What do you think of this Tesla remake ? Tariel Kapanadze claims he's built a OU device that can drive 5kW. ...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jan 1, 2010 6:07 am
I was sitting in the hotel bar, so I got a blank piece of paper and wondered if I could come up with any cool random brainstorms. My subconscious should be...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jun 4, 2010 9:40 pm
See: http://vimeo.com/11441736 http://myinventionsthemovie.com/ Note: i've seen in various texts that Tesla mentions the "bulbs in the ground" being run by...
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William
bjbeaty
Nov 16, 2010 9:25 pm
The Giant ray of Death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgejSCHRi8...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Nov 24, 2010 11:21 pm
Excellent talk on Tesla's timeline Tesla: Spirit, Work, Vision Intro (10 min) http://www.van.at/track/set01/track01.htm Part 2-4 (15, 18, 12 min) ...
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William
bjbeaty
Dec 16, 2010 7:33 am
... Perhaps I'm the only one, but in the above source I recently noticed something I never saw before. Tesla specifically states that he was electrically...
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William
bjbeaty
Dec 17, 2010 1:25 pm
Try this one! QM atom wave function: Spherical harmonics applet http://www.bpreid.com/poas.php If atomic orbitals are like waves on a sphere, well, so are the...
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William
bjbeaty
Dec 21, 2010 7:28 am
In this artist conception of one of Tesla's European lectures we see a very large diagram behind him: http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/nikola-tesla-1.jpg ...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jan 27, 2011 9:26 am
... (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website billb at amasci...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Jan 27, 2011 11:28 pm
... Oh no, I DIDN'T miss this. Cost me $280!!! (But with sale, was $202) ... Interesting ones: $10 Self-contained video viewfinder (add a cheap CCD camera =...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Oct 21, 2011 12:52 am
I just stumbled across this new NT movie in production. The company has a youtube PSA about Wardenclyffe lab building: ...
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William Beaty
bjbeaty
Nov 9, 2011 10:13 am
... Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:44:12 -0700 From: Greg Leyh <lod@...> Subject: [TCML] Crowdsourcing Relativistic Runaway Breakdown Hey All, As an...
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loren
gifted_one22
Feb 10, 2012 11:18 pm
Been looking around, and haven't found much useful for working around certain design constraints. There's a few coils I'd like to plan out that it wouldn't...
