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Re: microwave caps
Subject:
Re: microwave caps
Date:
Sun, 23 Mar 1997 06:32:17 +0200
From:
Kenneth Aaron <kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com>
To:
Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
At 12:00 AM 3/22/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Subject:
> Re: microwave caps
> Date:
> Fri, 21 Mar 1997 19:55:57 -1200
> From:
> Ken Smith <ksmith-at-ihug.co.nz>
> To:
> Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
>
>>If i use the bottle capacitor (6 pack) i read about here on the web, is
>>this good enough ?
>>this is my first project so i'll live with second best.
>
>
>Kenneth (great Name),
> although I am not really qualified to answer
>much on
>this list (being such a Tesla newbee and dolt to boot) I will attempt a
>short answer :
>
>Bottles are OK - they work (I screwed around with screw tops for ages)
>but
>there is no substitute for getting yourself organised and getting a
>decent
>rolled poly cap built. Look at it this way. The damn thing (cap) needs
>to
>sit for a couple of weeks anyway unless you have access to a vacuum
>pump- to
>let the air get out. And while you are waiting you can build yourself a
>QUICK spark gap unit. These two things are fundimental to getting a
>half
>decent coil on the floor and sparking. The last step is to use
>something
>like NTESLA.EXE to design your coil. Use the equipment / wire pipe
>diameters that you have as fixtures and work around them. In the end
>you
>will have a design that has a fair to reasonable chance of tuning and
>working and amazing. In all it it worth the effort to do it right from
>the
>getgo.
>
>There is nothing more expensive and frustrating (take it from me) than
>having a half hearted go at a Tesla. It is demanding technology (even
>if it
>seems primative to uninitiated eyes) and it demands care and attention
>to
>detail to get results. The up side is that the results are spectacular
>and
>inspiring to greater things (or is that a down side from the bank
>manager's
>point of view <g>). But if you screw around on the basics you will be
>disappointed and out of pocket at best.
>
>In short - don't &*^k around - do it properly. It seems like a lot of
>work,
>and it is. But there is no alternative if you want a working coil.
>
>
>Let us know how you get on...
>
>Ken(neth)
>
>Ken Smith
>Weymouth
>Auckland
>http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ksmith
>ksmith-at-ihug.co.nz
>
thanks a lot. I'll do the '6 pack' bottle cap for now. if it works i'll
roll a decent poly one.
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Kenneth Aaron
E-mail : kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com
http://www.geocities-dot-com/SunsetStrip/8736/
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