Re:Hello,

To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re:Hello,
From: c604313-at-showme.missouri.edu
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:01:24 -0600 (CST)
Cc: Tesla-list-subscribers-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subscriber: c604313-at-showme.missouri.edu Thu Jan 23 22:34:51 1997

     Hello Tesla builders,
  Hi, my name is Bert Schumann from Columbia Mo.  This is my first e-mail
to the group.  I'm glad a group like this exists and that it wasn't hard
to find!  (Are there any other coilers in the mid missouri area???)
    I've built several coils over the past 4 years, just small ones (300
watts). And am in the process of trying to get a larger one up and running
(700 watts)., but low and behold I seem to have a knack for blowing out
neon xformers (at least I didn't blow out an entire power station like
Tesla did at Colorado Springs!!)
    Any way, I was woundering what would be the best way to test for
resonant frequency in the secondary (Toriod included) if one had a
variable function generator and o'scope available to use? I hear it is not
such a good set up to just string a wire a couple of turns around the
secondary and then hook it across the function generator with the o'scope
placed on both the top and bottom of the secondary. The o'scope will
actually change the resanant frequency some, but is this effect
negligable? Is there a better way to test for Sec. Res. freq?
    And what about the primary?  I was just planing on hooking all
primary parts together in series with the function generator and o'scope
(minus the sparkgap and xformer of course and probably throw in a
resister in order to keep the function generator from strainin'.) I would
then adjust the function generators frequency in order to find its max
through put.  Is this a satisfactory set up?
    Thanks,
    --Bert S.