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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.
>
>