Re: First Telsa built - Video - Uk (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:27:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: First Telsa built - Video - Uk (fwd)

Congratulations James!  The first sparks of your life are the best!  Now
the fun begins, optimizing and optimizing and optimizing.  My first coil
did 8" at first, and after a number of modification it evolved to to make
46".  I had a lot of fun with that first coil.  My latest coil is making
10 feet, but nothing beats the up close and personal experiance a smaller
coil can give.  Face to face with sparks - ya gotta love it.

Have fun and keep sparkin!

Curt.


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Subject: First Telsa built - Video - Uk (fwd)


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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:59:38 +0100
From: James Howells <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: First Telsa built - Video - Uk


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRYY7EhZB3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioG40rby4mc



After 11 months of learning and experimenting I have finally got a TESLA
COIL working I realise it's "small beer" and inefficient - at 6Kv and 32mA I
should get 26" sparks but can only manage 16-18 "
The Secondary coil - 3.5 dia  1200 turns of .0011 inch wire  has a spigot on
the bottom and fits into a receptacle on the base board  ( all some form of
plumbing /gas C-H boiler fittings) This means I can easily take the
secondary coil off for transporting the coil The spark gap is static and
made from copper backed cont actors faced 
with solid silver buttons  - salvaged from a fork lift truck.
The big top load is two dog feed bowls, back to back, a ring of foam, pipe
insulation covered with s/a Al foil

THANKS TO ALL ON THIS LIST AND TCBOUK  for your help _ ESPECIALLY Terry
Fritz





James Howells , Staffordshire , England

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