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Originally Posted by waterhouse24
When I used the source batteries as shown in the video i'm drawing 3amps.. but if a swap to the charge batteries I draw around 1.3amps.. I'm going to try swapping different parts 1 at a time now, to see if i can better the ampage draw and keep the same brightness.
Just added the resistor connector that comes with the coil..(bolts on to the + side of coil) and it now only draws 1.57 amps.
Also I unplugged the bulb from the circuit while it was running and the amps only dropped to 1.55, interesting!
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Waterhouse24,
Excellent. This illustrates the point of Tesla's HV lighting systems. The "light bulb" is running on longitudinal shock waves, and does NOT represent a "load" to the circuit, in the classical sense. This is WHY the energy of the inductive collapse IS available for recovery....because it was NOT consumed by lighting the bulb! The difference in current draw between "bulb IN" and "bulb OUT" is just 0.02 amps (20 milli-amps). In your present circuit, that is all the energy consumed, wasted, or lost, to light the bulb.
Not bad! Not bad, at all.
When this is all worked out, the lights will light with very high efficiency!
Great work.
Peter