Re: automotive ignition coil

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• Subject: Re: automotive ignition coil
• From: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 17:39:01 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: jgallo <jgallo-at-idt-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Everybody,
> I am gathering parts for my second coil.  I want to build the DC Tesla
> coil featured in Popular electronics, November issue.  It uses two Wells
> type LU800 automotive coils
> I discovered that the company is out of business. (I don't want to use
> any type coil because I believe I read somewhere that some types are
> 'resistive' and I don't know how this would effect the output)  I have
> emailed the magazine asking about a possible substitution. that was over
> a month ago. I haven't gotten a reply yet.
> I found a company on the web that answers automotive questions (by snail
> mail)
> I don't want to wait that long.
> 
> Does anybody know of  substitutions for the Wells LU800?
> 
> any help would be appreciated.
> Joseph

	I haven't heard of the Wells coil, but any automotive salvage shop will
have GE high-energy coils out of Olds and Cadillac (at least).  They're
in the distributor cap, and I have usually paid $5.00 each including the
cap, want it or not.  I can get 6" sparks out of a pair of them dunked
in oil, using a rather simple triac pulse source.

Ed

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