Re: It's alive!

To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: It's alive!
From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 22:41:32 -0700 (MST)
It sounds like your coil is way out of tune.  From what I understand, it
seems that you are getting a voltage maximum at about twice the frequency
(1/2 the coil length).  You may need to drop the frequency by increasing
the capacitance, which should be around 0.015uF or so.  Is there any way
you can measure the inductance and capacitance for all the components?

Chip

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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Tesla List wrote:

> >From RRice43147-at-aol-dot-com Mon Dec  2 22:24:13 1996
> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 19:07:12 -0500
> From: RRice43147-at-aol-dot-com
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: It's alive!
> 
> Will someone please tell me what i have built!
> it started out as a TC
> Primary 12"- 6 turns of #6 wire
> secondary 4" pvc- 1300 turns #26 wire
>                  coated with 4 coats polyurethane
> pwr'ed by 4000k neon
> cap...15beer bottle/salt water.
> It started up ok but had disappointing 3-4" sparks.
> I then changed to a bigger primary of 8 turns about 
> an .5 inch apart.
> same results, after sitting in the cold garage for a couple
> of days, it transformed into i dont know what! If it is
> still a TC it needs serious help! Now 6in sparks jump from
> the primary to the secondary, the torrid has a ring of corrona
> 2-3in all the way around middle (I used 2 salad bowls)
> could it just be the dampness(it been raining).Or should I
> kill it! ( my wife has named it "Franki")..
> Maybe I need a new hobby
> Rick
>