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coil costs




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From:  Gary Lau  14-Aug-1998 0841 [SMTP:lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com]
Sent:  Friday, August 14, 1998 7:51 AM
To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject:  Re: coil costs

 From:  Dsurfr-at-aol-dot-com [SMTP:Dsurfr-at-aol-dot-com]
>Hey All: I'm a "newbie" coiler that's approaching that next step,
>rebuilding my current set up to obtain better results. I've been able to
>achieve a petty strong 16" arc to ground but I know I can achieve much
>better results by improving my admittedly "cheap" tank circuit. Now I
>want to step up to a better spark gap, capacitors, primary coil etc. To
>date I have gotten by with salvaging, scrounging & making do with what I
>had at hand or paying as little as I had to achieve somewhat minimal
>results. I assume this is how most coilers start out, hoping to get good
>arcs in the process. Now that I know a

snip  > Jim

It may be possible for one to look at their coil at any point in time and
add up the costs, component by component.  Speaking for myself however,
my coil will always be a work in progress.  I think most of us start with
a crappy gap and a crappy capacitor and a small transformer, and
gradually upgrade.  I wouldn't want to base the cost of a coil on my rev
0.0 creation.  At what point is it "done" and ready to price?  Is the
cost cumulative across all revisions?  For me, it'll never be "done".
Coiling is a journey to understanding and ever better performance, not a
destination.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA