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Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks



Original poster: "Steven Ward" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

Oops, forgot to mention the power consumption is less than 4800W... not 
exactly sure because i dont have a watt meter that big but i have it both 
fused and breakered to 20A and even after quite long runs it has never 
popped the fuses or breakers.  My guess is around 4kw to make 10 foot 
sparks.  Solid State is the only way i would ever have a coil this large at 
my house... i cant really feed a pig on my 20A line.

Anyway, i ran the coil again last night for a pretty long time.  We had a 
"cage of death" set up so i limited my output to 7 feet (though it hit the 
ground at 9 feet several times as well).  At this distance there arent 
streamers... just power arcs to the cage the whole time.  The friends all 
loved it and we had a fun safe night that went without problems ;)

Steve Ward


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks
>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:54:02 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Brian" <ka1bbg-at-webryders-dot-net>
>
>Hi, NICE! do you have any idea what the power input is? you are "HOT" on
>these ss coils! cul brian f.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 10:46 AM
>Subject: SSTC does 10 foot sparks
>
>
> > Original poster: "Steven Ward" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > Coilers,
> >
> > Recently there has been a lot of advancements in the SSTC area of coiling.
> > Im proud to be the first (or at least i *think* im the first) to achieve
>10
> > foot (or better) sparks from a solid state tesla coil!  The design is
> > similar to that of my first ISSTC but using more robust gate drivers and
> > switching devices, and of course MUCH larger coils.
> >
> > I will eventually get the details up on my site, but for now here are some
> > pictures:
> >
> > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/srward16/ISSTCII/ISSTCII_goodpics/
> >
> > In some of the pics you will see it arcing to a green chair in the
> > forground, this is 115"... a few times it struck out beyond that at (i
> > approximate) 125".  And i havent even put the max voltage on it!  Im
> > limited by the ground being so close ;)  The coil stands 5" taller than
> > myself at 6'11".  The output is fierce and constantly power arcs to
>objects
> > in the 9 foot range with some scattered action at 10+'... im sure if i set
> > it up just right i can get about 12 feet from this monster and that is my
> > goal (it was 9 feet but that was effortlessly achieved).
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > All comments welcome.
> >
> > Steve Ward
> >
> > _
> >
> >
> >
>

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