RE Re: - Parts search

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE Re: - Parts search
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 00:59:39 -0500
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Subject:      RE Re: - Parts search
       Date:  Wed, 07 May 1997 15:25:08 GMT
       From:  robert.michaels-at-online.sme-dot-org (Robert Michaels)
Organization: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


T>> T>>Robert I think you missed his point - he was being humorous, what
he
T>>
T>>                 Being humorous?  Oh?  And like I wasn't?  (Already
I'm
T>>                 insulted   [ doesn't take much does it? ] ).

T>Gee your touchy! I wasn't implying that you weren't being humorous,

                I was being humorous about the "touchy" part, too.

                I guess I'd better work on my act.

T>just that it seemed like you were jumping on the poor boy a bit too
T>hard.
                No way.  I knew what I was doing. (When something
                pins the needle on my BS meter - my anti-BS defense
                system launches automatically)

                                - - - - - -

                The 200-ft. (length -?) coil is urban legend on this
                List and was the subject of several threads circa a
                year ago (check the archive?).

                Essentially one poster (who is otherwise prolific
                and sometimes even knowledgeable) claimed to have
                produced such a coil commercially.  Yet no photos
                or other documentation seems to exist.  Several
                other frequent contributors to the List dispute
                the existence of such a coil.   (I'm refraining
                from naming names lest I err -- perhaps others
                will chime in on this).

                                          Perplexed in -- Detroit, USA

                                          Robert Michaels



T>> T>>meant was if this neon transformer was used properly as in a well
T>> T>>designed Tesla coil it would possibly yield 12 foot sparks. I
must
T>> T>>admit though I have never seen nor heard of anyone getting more
than
T>> T>>a 6 foot discharge from a single neon transformer {15KV/6O ma.}!
T>> T>>I would love to see the design that would yield a 12 foot
discharge
T>> T>>from a single neon transformer!


T>>                 Six-ft. discharge from a 900-watt neon transformer?
T>>
T>>                 Sounds like Guiness Book of Record stuff to me.
T>>
T>>                 That's 72-inches, son.   I think most of us will
T>>                 believe that when we see it - along with that
T>>                 200-ft. (or whatever) coil which went to that
T>>                 mysterious (unnamed) Pacific island.

T>Frankly I agree, but there were a few individuals in the TCBA that
T>claimed 65 to 72 inch sparks off of 1 900 watt neon transformer.
T>Frankly I would like to see it. The best I ever got from 1 900 watt
T>neon transformer was about 3 feet, now with 2 in parallel I've gotten
T>a bit over 6 feet. BTW whats the deal on this 200-ft. coil, I don't
T>think I heard about this one yet.