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Re: 130kW Coil Update
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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 10:48:02 -0500
From: Geoff Schecht <geoffs-at-onr-dot-com>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: 130kW Coil Update
Hi Greg:
I probably missed some of this thread somewhere but I was just curious as
to who the customer for such a gargantuan device is (or can you divulge
that info)? After reading your post; I went outside of my office, stood at
the ground floor and looked up at the fourth story window. This is a
modern record-sized device, right? (Tesla's Colorado coil was of the same
order, sizewise?).
Let us know more exactly when testing will commence. I'd like to get some
pictures of the setup and may take some time off from work and fly out to
see this for myself. (I'll bring my Mamiya RB-67 camera, no electronics
inside it to get fried from the fields that a coil of that size would
produce!).
Geoff
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 130kW Coil Update
> Date: Friday, October 03, 1997 9:29 PM
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> Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 15:26:56 +0000
> From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: 130kW Coil Update
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> Hi All,
>
> Here's where things are at right now:
>
> Parts are starting to arrive from various sources, and the shop
> is getting quite cluttered. The base vault and I-Beam supports
> are finished, as well as the fiberglass work on the sec coilform.
>
> 500 lbs of waterjet-cut 304 stainless steel pieces are awaiting
> assembly to form the top electrode.
>
> The control system, HVDC 3PH supply and primary drive coil are
> all in various stages of completion.
>
> At this point, I anticipate erecting the main tower and top electrode
> during the first week of Nov. The overall height of the finished
> coil structure will be 37 feet, 2 in.
>
> Measurements, power ramp-up, and lifetime testing will take place
> at the Navy Shipyard during all of Nov, and early Dec.
> We will begin disassembly and crating of the coil on Dec 7, and
> by the 15th it should be on its way to its final home. This schedule
> has some potential for slippage, of course.
>
> So if you find yourself in the San Francisco area during this time,
> please feel welcome to stop by for the nickel tour, and a bit of ozone.
>
>
> -GL
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