Re: spark length (20")

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• Subject: Re: spark length (20")
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 23:39:11 -0500
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Subject:  Re: spark length (20")
  Date:   Fri, 16 May 1997 19:44:39 Eastern Daylight Time
  From:   "Mad Coile{" <ts5815-at-devrycols.edu>
    To:    Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


>Subject:  spark length
>  Date:   Thu, 15 May 1997 18:49:52 -0500
>  From:    RODERICK MAXWELL <major-at-vicksburg-dot-com>
>    To:    Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>I have been using the "new" 12Kv transformer on my tesla coil and I
>have gotten my longest spark yet after I got it in tune on the 12th
>turn. My spark lentgh has jumped to 20"! The improvement came also from
>the use of a toroid instead of a sphere. The toroid was made from a
>solid rubber lawnmower tire. I knocked out the plastic rim and
>substituted it with a acrylic disk. Then I covered the whole thing with
>aluminum tape. Also I opened up my gaps quite a bit. Last weekend I
>installed an antistrike rail just in case it got unruly. Can anyone tell
>me how many gaps I should have at 12Kv. Thanks!
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>                                  Frankensteins Helper
>                                           Max
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Max, I'm not sure how many gaps you need but I'm interested in some
details
of your coil. How big is your actual coil and how much did it cost?

TES

p.s. thanks in advance for any info - you can reply on the list or to me
directly at ts5815-at-devrycols.edu

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