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Attaching Coil to Base (New)


From: 	djQuecke[SMTP:djQuecke-at-worldnet.att-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, November 20, 1997 11:43 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Attaching Coil to Base (New)

I asked a question about attaching a secondary coil to the base but haven't
had time to see a reply.  I came up with the following for a 4" PVC coil:

(Apologies for my weak ASCII art ability, a fixed pitch font will help...a
little<g>.)

                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |             |
                       |     Coil    |
                      ||             ||
                      ||             ||
                      ||_____________||
                       \             /
  ______________________\  Reducer  /______________________
 |                      || _______ ||                      |
 |________Base__________|||       |||________Base__________|
                    _____||       ||_____
                   |________Drain________|

Hole cut through base, I.D. same as 4" - 3" reducer O.D.  Slide reducer thru
hole and mount drain gate to bottom (upside down).  Drain secured to base
via Nylon bolts.  Coil rests in reducer.

I could (should ?) have used a 4" sleeve and drain grate instead of reducer
and 3" grate but saved a couple of bucks as is.

I'd like to try not gluing it as all fits snug and can be easily broken down
for transportation.

Questions:  Many of the coils I've seen pictured, (I haven't seen a real
one...yet), seem rather lightly built (plastics, alum foil, Styrofoam).  I
would guess, (but apparently wrongly?), that there would be high physical
stress placed upon the apparatus by the discharge of so much energy.  In
laymen's terms, what kind of physical stress is placed upon the structure
and what if any problems can the novitiate expect?  Does my approach to
attaching the coil appear satisfactory?

Comments?

Thanks,

dj