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[TinselKoala]

Wow!  I havent managed to explode any bulbs yet - probably get me in a bit of trouble with the missus.  And my spark gap is about 5mm open.  I made the coil with the intention of increasing the streamer length, though I agree 100% that this wasnt what Tesla intended - Just a fun toy!  The streamers are just wasted energy. 
I'll try shortening the spark gap over the next few days, and playing with the length of the primary coil - just to see what results i get concerning the lamps.  I'll see if i can get rid of the corona, and light as many bulbs as possible....Wish me luck!
In a week or so I'll pick up a video-recorder and show you what I mean about the after glow of the lamps after being in the vicinity of my coil. 

Do you think, then, that a properly constructed coil demonstrates OU because the output power involved in lighting the bulbs exceeds the input power to the coil?  Have you tried building receiver coils to tap this OU???

Thanks again guys, for all your inspiration 

The holes punched by Tesla discharges don't explode the tubes! Thank goodness--what they do is to punch extremely tiny little holes in the glass, that then let the gas out, or the air in. You can' t see these holes and the leak might be slow--it might take hours for the gas to leak out. But they are there.

The corona streamers from your coil in the photos are not what I consider a true "tesla discharge". The true TC arc is a thick, purple ropy thing that doesn't divide like corona streamers do, and has a characteristic clean humming or buzzing sound, not a sizzle like corona. The TC discharge carries a lot of current, but the corona streamers don't.

I would say, in my photo above, that the primary gap was closed to less than half a millimeter. You wouldn't even think the system was running if not for the lights.

I think that, IF there is excess energy available from any Tesla configuration, that it must come, not from the coil itself, but from outside somewhere. That is, I think that a properly-tuned TC (not a sparker!) can maybe sometimes "pull in" or act as a receiver for energy that is sloshing around in the earth's Schumann cavity, or in other widely distributed capacitances that may be around, hanging out in energy fluxes like from the Sun or the earth's magnetosphere.
SO In my conception, the coil isn't creating energy, it's just transducing it. That is, if there is any excess there at all to begin with.

And I think that resonant systems of other kinds MAY also be able to tap into some of this stored, and replenished, energy in these hidden reservoirs. Hence my involvement in these threads.

[flathunter]

The holes punched by Tesla discharges don't explode the tubes! Thank goodness--what they do is to punch extremely tiny little holes in the glass, that then let the gas out, or the air in. You can' t see these holes and the leak might be slow--it might take hours for the gas to leak out. But they are there.

The corona streamers from your coil in the photos are not what I consider a true "tesla discharge". The true TC arc is a thick, purple ropy thing that doesn't divide like corona streamers do, and has a characteristic clean humming or buzzing sound, not a sizzle like corona. The TC discharge carries a lot of current, but the corona streamers don't.

I would say, in my photo above, that the primary gap was closed to less than half a millimeter. You wouldn't even think the system was running if not for the lights.

I think that, IF there is excess energy available from any Tesla configuration, that it must come, not from the coil itself, but from outside somewhere. That is, I think that a properly-tuned TC (not a sparker!) can maybe sometimes "pull in" or act as a receiver for energy that is sloshing around in the earth's Schumann cavity, or in other widely distributed capacitances that may be around, hanging out in energy fluxes like from the Sun or the earth's magnetosphere.
SO In my conception, the coil isn't creating energy, it's just transducing it. That is, if there is any excess there at all to begin with.

And I think that resonant systems of other kinds MAY also be able to tap into some of this stored, and replenished, energy in these hidden reservoirs. Hence my involvement in these threads.

Still not certain I follow you concerning your distinction between corona discharges and ''true Tesla discharges''.  Do you have a photo??  Do you mean an arc like in the photo below?  Perhaps I just havent seen one, (yet.... )

Also I'd love to see what you mean by ''tiny holes in the glass'' caused by Tesla shock waves (yes??).  If u have a photo also, it would be nice to see.

Nonetheless, I understand your explanation of the OU, and would probably agree - the excess energy comes from elsewhere, not from the coil.  But what I'd really like to know is, did you find OU when you were playing around with your coil?

Be Lucky!

[TinselKoala]

That's looking more like it, but I still see some "noise" in there.


Re glass punctures:
Here's a paragraph from a link to a program for the Tesla coil demonstrator:

"An entertaining experiment is to bring an incandescent lamp bulb, held by its base in the assistant's hand, close to a rod held in the hand of the performer. The current slowly strikes through the glass wall, and, as the fracture increases, the air is let into the bulb. As the vacuum lowers the - color of the glow in the bulb changes from bluish white to red, then to purple and finally it disappears as the spark punctures the wall and finds its way to the wires inside."

From http://www.electrotherapymuseum.com/Articles/HintsEntertainer.htm

I don't think it's due to "shock waves", but rather the current from the coil heats a microscopic channel through the glass and melts it. Of course, at those voltages there isn't much of a distinction--the glass probably vaporizes in the tiny channel anyway.

There are some other links too, if you Google cleverly. I guess this demo is rare, because it does ruin the glow-tubes and they are costly.

[minde4000]

Can we go back to gotoluc and resonnant coil setup... ?   

[Groundloop]

Hi All,

I have received the new PCB's for the micro controller H-Bridge switch and is currently testing the software.

I will need a PM with a snail mail address from:

@Fausto
@Wattsup
@TinselKoala
@ramset
@duff

I will snail mail the boards as soon as I get an address to mail to.

Attached is a image of the new switch.
Have to solder on the transistors and put the circuit into a plastic box.

Best regards,
Groundloop.