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Re: A few questions



On Sun, 6 Oct 1996 20:25:04 -0600, Tesla List
<tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>, you wrote:

>>From kylechad-at-airmail-dot-netSun Oct  6 20:06:45 1996
>Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 13:52:12 -0500
>From: Kyle Chadwick <kylechad-at-airmail-dot-net>
>To: "'tesla-at-pupman-dot-com'" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Subject: A few questions
>
>Hi,
>I am in the middle of making my first Tesla coil and I have a couple of
>questions. Please answer as many as you can.
>
First, surf over to my ftp site and get the safety faq:

	ftp://ftp.bdt-dot-com/home/jim.fosse/tesla_safety.faq

(you will also find some pictures there. mw*.jpg => malcolm watt's
coil, rws*.jpg => robert stephens' coils, jf*.* => some pics of my
coil.)

(chip (this is his list) Is your HTML version of the faq done?)

[ Why yes it is.  I have little tags in the contents so you can jump back
  and forth in it.  The safety faq/sheet is kind of long, so I'm working
  making it easier to browse with summaries and detail. -- Chip ]


Then surf over to kristian's ftp site:

	ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/electrical/tesla/

where you will find a wealth of information and lots of pictures.

under the misc directory you will find:
( rqmsgs.txt.Z and the first 3 files are excellent)

------------- begin include of directory ----------------
Current directory is /pub/sci/electrical/tesla/misc


  caps1.txt.Z                             10 Kb    Mon Nov 21 00:00:00

  coilbld.zip                             39 Kb    Thu Jul 25 11:36:00

  keely.hvcap.zip                         12 Kb    Fri Nov 25 00:00:00

  keely.tesla.zip                         78 Kb    Fri Nov 25 00:00:00

  keely.teslafe.zip                       16 Kb    Fri Nov 25 00:00:00

  pickup.txt.Z                             6 Kb    Mon Jan 16 00:00:00

  polymers.txt.Z                           4 Kb    Sun Mar 12 00:00:00

  references.txt.Z                         6 Kb    Sun Mar 12 00:00:00

  rotjit.exe.Z                            64 Kb    Mon Nov 21 00:00:00

  rotjit.txt.Z                             7 Kb    Mon Nov 21 00:00:00

  rqdocs.zip                              61 Kb    Sat Jan 21 00:00:00

  rqexps.txt.Z                             6 Kb    Wed Dec 28 00:00:00

  rqmsgs.txt.Z                           231 Kb    Sat Dec 31 00:00:00

  sparkgap.zip                            27 Kb    Sat Dec 31 00:00:00

  sstesla.gif                              5 Kb    Fri Feb 03 00:00:00

  sstesla2.gif                             7 Kb    Fri Feb 10 00:00:00

  tch.zip                                 42 Kb    Sat Apr 01 00:00:00

  tctime.zip                             131 Kb    Fri Feb 10 00:00:00

  tesla.ps.Z                             100 Kb    Sun Nov 27 00:00:00

  tesla.txt.Z                             21 Kb    Fri Jun 23 00:00:00

  teslabld.exe                            56 Kb    Mon Jan 23 00:00:00

  teslac.zip                              56 Kb    Thu Dec 15 00:00:00

  teslacal.bas.Z                           8 Kb    Sun Jan 01 00:00:00

  teslacol.zip                           108 Kb    Mon Jan 30 00:00:00

  tesladp.zip                             82 Kb    Sun Jan 22 00:00:00

  teslarec.ps.Z                          133 Kb    Mon Nov 21 00:00:00

------------------- end directory ----------------------------
you will need gzip to decompress the *.z files and pkunzip to
decompress the *.zip files.

I will let others answer from here on.

	jim

>1. The plans I have say to take some insulation off the primary for the
>tap. What is a tap?
>
>2. I need to adjust the spark gap until I get the largest arc, right?
>
>3. For the terminal I going to use a Styrofoam ball wrapped in metal
>duct tape, will that work?
>
>4. for the insulation on the secondary I am going to use three cans of
>spray on acrylic spray, does it need more?
>
>5. the plans call for a 6000v transformer and a .005 uf cap, do you think
>   that a 15kv neon light transformer and 12 wine cooler salt water caps
>   would work?
>
>6. It calls for a choke, but I thought because i have a neon light
>transformer that I don't need it. Is that right?
>
>7. I Am doing this for science fair, can you think of any problems or
>questions that a Tesla coil will solve?
>
>Thank you so much for anwersing my questions.
>				,Kyle Chadwick.
>
>