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Re: pOWER PANEL IMAGES (fwd)
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 06:46:56 -0600 (CST)
From: Bert Pool <nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: pOWER PANEL IMAGES (fwd)
At 09:11 PM 2/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 20:43:47 -0600
>From: Chuck Curran <ccurran-at-execpc-dot-com>
>To: tesla-img-at-pupman-dot-com
>Cc: Tesla-list-subscribers-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: pOWER PANEL IMAGES (fwd)
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>Hello Bert:
> Just wanted to let you know that I did enjoy taking a look at
>your new power panel photo's. If you have 8 or 10 more of the
>autotransformers laying around in a corner, let the rest of us know!
>Just kidding, I've got one of those puppies and I can appreciate your
>comments about the weight. I have a chance for another one, but the
>odds don't look too good for that in the near future. I'm very
>interested in seeing shots of your system under power later this
>spring.
> Tonight I was getting part of my new 100 amp line installed to
>the garage. It's only about 45 foot run of wire and the conduit is
>basically all in at this point. I was just color coding the wire
>getting ready for the pull tomorrow night, then Saturday in goes the
>breaker panel. I'll have a 50 amp breaker for the Tesla service at this
>point--I sure don't need more right now!
> Again, great photo's keep them coming!
>
>Chuck Curran
Chuck,
I buried a massive ground in my back yard last Saturday - six ground rods
connected with about 30 feet of 2 inch wide copper strap soldered directly
to each ground rod. That's a lot of copper buried in the ground! We've had
heavy rain every day since, and the ground is mushy wet - very good ground
indeed. I'll not be running a high impedence ground any more, as I was with
the copper tubing going to a water pipe. The weather has cleared, and if
it holds, I'll be running my coil again this Saturday night and I will take
the first still photos of it running. I'll post these first pics as soon as
I can. We're putting the 62 inch by 8 inch toroid on it this time, and we
expect to be able to push the sparks out from 90 inches to 120 inches. We
will probably also change out the potential transformer from the little 2
kva 20,200 volt to a 5 kva 34,500 volt (though I doubt if we'll run it wide
open.)
This should make for an interesting evening!
Bert Pool
nikki-at-fastlane-dot-net