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Re: TC physical construction
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: TC physical construction
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From: Bert Pool <nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net>
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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 08:19:02 -0500
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>I'm still getting strikes to my circuitry. My spark gap is taking most
>of the hits through the air vents! I started to raise the base of my
>TC from 16" off the ground to 30" (it's sitting on an old coffee table
>with screw-in-legs, 16/30 are the only length legs I have) but at 30"
>the toroid would be to close to the garage door opener
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>Any suggestions?
> 1. move to cheep land/paying job locals;)
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> 2. buy surplus military bases;)
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> 3. adopt Mark/Richard/Malcolm...et all;)
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> running out of room
> jim
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Jim, I've killed two garage door openers, so you definitely do not want to
place your coil too close! I could have bought a couple of really decent
capacitors for what I spent replacing both openers.
Bert