changes

To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
Subject: changes
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 22:26:23 -0500
Approved: tesla-at-stic-dot-net

From: 	Roderick Maxwell[SMTP:tank-at-magnolia-dot-net]
Reply To: 	tank-at-magnolia-dot-net
Sent: 	Friday, July 11, 1997 10:02 PM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	changes 

I have not been posting very much lately because I've been busy
tinkering! Let me tell you what I've done so far. I rewound the primary
with 3/8" tubing instead of 1/4".
I now have .011uf in the tank instead of .006uf. This cap is really the
old caps which I removed from their rubbermaid containers, and put them
in a custom made acrylic container I made with my own two hands. I also
added a few more plates to bring up the capacitance to .011uf. The new
dielectric is made of polystyrene 30mils thick. I put three sheets
between each plate. I now am able to use an 18" diameter toroid made
from 4" aluminum drier venting. I have yet to run it at full power. So
far I have only turned the variac up to 50%. I'm going to break this
sucker in real slow! 

                               Frankensteins Helper
                                      Max