Re: More magnifier runs

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• Subject: Re: More magnifier runs
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• Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:45:26 -0500
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Subject:  Re: More magnifier runs
       Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 08:25:25 +1200
       From: Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Organization: Wellington Polytechnic, NZ
         To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com


Hi Bert,
          I'm delighted to see you've hit 8' at 2kW. I always did 
think it was on and at one stage was hoping to get there first.

Malcolm

>   From: "Bert Pool" <bertpool-at-flash-dot-net>
>     To:  Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>     CC:  bemery-at-why-dot-net
> 
<snip>
> So far, 20.2 kv, 2 KVA input with 0.015 ufd and a 36 by 8 inch toroid 
> has been our best combination, giving us really nice 8+ foot sparks.
> 
> In our attempt to reach 10 feet last night we came to a couple of 
> conclusions:
> 
> 1) Ten feet is a LOT longer than 8 feet, and is _much_ harder to 
> reach than we ever thought.
> 
> 2) Richard Hull, RW Stephens, Ed Wingate, Greg Leyh, et al., all  
> have my new found respect for hitting and going beyond 10 foot 
> sparks!  It ain't as easy as one would think.  Pumping in more power 
> don't always get it.
> 
> The neighbors came out to watch.  We coiled until 11:30 p.m., and 
> no one called the cops.  Big sparks, no major component failures, and 
> we didn't have to sleep in jail on a mattress that stank of urine, 
> so what more could a coiler possibly want?  10 foot sparks of course, 
> but we'll get there.  It looks like we'll get there an inch at a 
> time.
> 
> Bert Pool
> bertpool-at-flash-dot-net
> 
>

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