RE: Revamping an Old Coil

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Original poster: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>


Click on

     http://www.mgte-dot-com/tesla/tesla1.htm

for a photo of a similar coil. All you need is a power supply, spark gap,
and primary capacitor. The primary circuit has to be in resonance with the
secondary circuit. Click on

     http://www.mgte-dot-com/tesla_d.htm

Use the  JHCTES Ver 3.3 calculator for for designing the system.


John Couture

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-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:08 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Revamping an Old Coil


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<SageGaspar-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi!  I recently posted something about trying to get an old Tesla coil back
into working condition, and I took the pictures that were requested:

http://members.aol-dot-com/sagegaspar/tesla1.jpg

and

http://members.aol-dot-com/sagegaspar/tesla2.jpg

The outside coil isn't connected to anything, the inside coil is connected
to those two metal spheres (spark gap?) to the best of our knowledge, and
that's about it.
We have access to or can build an appropriate capacitor, we've seen some of
the calculators out there, and we can provide either a standard AC outlet
or a power supply.  What do we need to get our hands on in addition to
these things, and how do we hook everything together?