These are the details of experiments that I have done.
Please note the dates these were written and realize that much could have changed in that short time. If something seems wrong in light of new or better information, it probably is.
An Experiment to Examine the Stress on Neon Sign Transformer Windings at High Frequency
A Method of Directly Measuring the Secondary Inductor Voltage Profile of Tesla Coils
Modeled
and Actual Voltage and Current Waveforms within a Tesla Coil
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Non-Linear
Coil Winding Experiment
Mark Rzeszotarski's testing of these coils
An
Experiment to Investigate Stresses on Neon Sign Transformers in Tesla Coil
Primary Circuits
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A
Comparison Study of Multi-Gap and Simple Tesla Coil Spark Gaps with Various
Primary to Secondary Coupling Coefficients
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Tesla
Coil Spark Gap Operation Analyzed at High Frequency
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Raw data 1-8 9-16 17-24 25-32 33-40 41-42
UPDATE
This paper presented a model
that suggests that the self capacitance of the primary inductor is around
150 pF. This has since been shown to be very wrong. The ringing
is now believed to be caused by parasitics along with a much lower primary
capacitance value. Also some of the very high currents measured may
be due to the fiber-optic transducers saturating. This caused them
to report much higher than actual currents in the very high-frequency high-current
cases. The newer plane antenna probes show much more believable values.
An
Analysis of Top and Bottom Currents in the Tesla Coil Secondary Inductor.
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Note that new information sheds far greater light on secondary voltages and currents so some of the conclusions in the above paper are out of date.
A
Method to Measure Secondary Voltages and Currents of Tesla Coils
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Measurements
of Secondary Voltages and Currents of Tesla Coils
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Neon Transformer Protection Circuits
Design
of a RC Neon Sign Transformer Protection Network for Tesla Coil Primary
Circuit Applications
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Testing
of a RLC Neon Transformer Protection Network for Tesla Coil Primary Circuit
Applications
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