Re: TCBOR TC Video Primer

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: TCBOR TC Video Primer
• From: Chuck Curran <ccurran-at-execpc-dot-com>
• Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 20:51:49 -0500

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-comWed Jun  5 22:37:11 1996
> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 19:32:15 -0700
> From: Richard Wayne Wall <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: TCBOR TC Video Primer
> 
> 6/5/96
> 
> This past Sunday night I fired my first Tesla Coil.  The sparks were 18
> inches point to point.  Pretty exciting for my first attempt.
> 
> Specs:
> 
> Secondary - 23 ga magnet wire wound on a 4 in dia PVC form x 26 in
> length.  Sealed with four coats of polyurethane.
> 
> Primary - 10 ga stranded Cu wire wound on a 6 in dia PVC x 17 turns.
> 
> TX - 15 kV 30 mA Neon
> 
> Gaps - 7 nonresistive spark plugs radially arranged around a 3 1/2 in
> 
<SNIP>
> Thanks,
> 
> RWW

Richard:
    Great job on getting your first coil going -- my first one, a vacuum 
tube type, got about 2" sparks.  Your 18" sparks would have really amazed 
me at that point!  Keep at it and have fun!

Chuck

• Prev: Re: Request for circuit for phase adjustable strobe
• Next: Re: Rotatry Gaps motors
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread