Re: First Coil!

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Subject: Re: First Coil!
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Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 01:13:43 -0500
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Subject:      Re: First Coil!
       Date:  Thu, 8 May 1997 13:46:30 +1200
       From:  "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


Hello Tristan,
               How many turns on the secondary coil? Also, what 
diameter is the primary and what height does the whole primary occupy?
Finally, what capacitance are you using for the two transformers?

Thanks,
Malcolm

>   From:   "Mad Coile{" <ts5815-at-devrycols.edu>
>     To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> 
> To all, 
> This is the first letter I have written to the list-server. Let me
> breifly
> introduce myself. I am attending DeVry Institute of Technology (I just
> graduated from high school last year) for Electronics Engineering
> Technology. 
>         Saturday, May 3 we finished our first Tesla Coil.  We were
> experiencing some losses that can be fixed; nevertheless, our output was
> several 6" long streamers. I would appreciate any suggestions anyone has
> on
> increasing the output.  Here is the details of my coil:
> PRIMARY:
>         2 furnace ignition transformers (10kV -at- 23mA per each)
>         .007uF quick slam mountain dew capacitors in salt water (this
> value
> was actualy                 for use with only one furnace transformer)
>         A three terminal gap - each gap about 3/16"
>         1/4" OD copper tubbing, 10' wrapped in a cylindrical coil, 5
> turns
> tapped at 2
> SECONDARY:
>         3.5" OD PVC (3" sch.40) wrapped with 1lb 22 AWG - about 15 1/8"
> long
>         2 Wall Mart $.70 salad bowls attached like sphere
> 
> Total cost for this coil was about $15-20
> 
> Tristan Stewart,CET
> ts5815-at-devrycols.edu
> 
>