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The switch closes to the battery is just to stop the simulator from charging the cap to full volts before the o-scope kicks in. R2 is to stop C1 from draining into the inductor to quick, well atleast thats how I think it works :)
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tarakan2 wrote ...
Can electric arcs be effected by magnetism and if they can, is there any way that would allow the breakdown to be very sharp?
Is it possible to employ some (fairly cheap and abundant) vacuum or gas-filled device for a discharger?
Arcs can certainly be affected by magnetism. A few people here have reported spiralling sparks in magnetic fields recently (Andy's thread on Z-pinch and another thread on electrothermal guns).
I'm not sure I fully understand what yopu mean by your second question, but I assume it's possible.
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tarakan2 wrote ...
Tesla Coil is not a resonant device.
Weird statement ever.
As you can see through many threads here, when tuning a Tesla Coil our goal is to set primary and seconsary resonant frequencies to the same value. Resonance is what makes a Tesla Coil work and this is scientifically proven and explained.
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tarakan2 wrote ...
Well If I tell, I will be banned from this forum. I have some experimental evidence to prove my point. Read Secrets of Cold War Technology by Gerry Vassilatos.
MODERATOR - I think its probably time to lock the thread. This thread is moving farther and farther away from real science and into the realm of pseudoscience.
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EasternVoltageResearch wrote ...
MODERATOR - I think its probably time to lock the thread. This thread is moving farther and farther away from real science and into the realm of pseudoscience.
While I'm not sure if this thread is going anywhere, I'm not sure it's broken the 'conservation of energy' rule yet.
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Tesla-coil based expiriment
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