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Re: Tesla Supplies.
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Subject: Re: Tesla Supplies.
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From: ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu (Edward V. Phillips)
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 20:19:46 -0800
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Re: Automotive ignition coils and small
Tesla Coils
About a year ago I built a small coil (3" diameter by 14"
long, wound with #30 wire) and fired it up using a 12 volt ignition
coil, transistor driven, straight gap, and o.0047 mfd doorknob
capacitor. The terminal on top was a 2" doorknob (I know a lot
better now) and it put out 4" streamers and about the same sparks
to a grounded needle point. At the time I thought it was working
pretty well.
Ed Phillips