Re: Herbach & Rademan

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Subject: Re: Herbach & Rademan
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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 22:02:10 -0600
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From: 	Joshua Resnick[SMTP:seraphim-at-WPI.EDU]
Sent: 	Thursday, November 20, 1997 10:24 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Herbach & Rademan

I got my new H&R tansformers today.  They put out about 3.5kV each for a
total of  ~7kV rms or 10kv peak at 300 ma.  I wired them up and let the
sparks fly between two electrodes. These things really pump out the HV
amps.   I have a few questions though as this is my first attempt at
coiling:

I'm a college student and live in a dorm, therefore when the coil is
complete it wouldn't be a very good idea to turn it on in a building
filled with network lines and sensitive computers.  But would it be safe
to operate the primary to test and adjust the spark gap with the
secondary away from the unit?

I'm well prepared to spend days in the shop building a cap for this
unit,  but I'm just as ready to buy one.  Does anybody know of a
supplier of ~50 KV caps around .08 uf acceptable for coil use?

A good supplier of magnet wire spools (20~22 awg)?

Approximate chokes required for my transformers at 100khz?

Thanks,
Joshua Resnick
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