Re: New Coil Test Plan (fwd)

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Subject: Re: New Coil Test Plan (fwd)
From: Tesla List <mod1-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 20:48:38 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:04:26 +0930
From: Mark Finnis <mefinnis-at-medicine.adelaide.edu.au>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: New Coil Test Plan (fwd)

At 21:39 4/08/98 -0600, Chuck Curran wrote:

>Power Supply:  10 Kva Pole transformer, 14,400 VAC, two Superior 1256D
>powerstats with current balancing transformer.  Unit built in an old IBM
>AS/400 UPS unit.  Internal current limiting inductance wound with #4 square
>wire tapped between 1.6 mh -22 mh.  Three internal cooling fans.  Fully
>metered.  Total weight, about 440 pounds.
>
>
>The primary/secondary assembly is presently mounted in a transport cradle
>which I need to use to get it in and out of the garage (where cars used to
>be).  It has to be lifted up to the vertical position and this will take two
>of us.  I have less than 5 hours of work left now so after not running a
>coil all summer, I'm getting pretty anxious to get it out and start the
>final tuning.  Power consumption will be at the 25 Kw level and if I don't
>see sparks over 20' by early September, I'll be probably be working to
>resolve some built in fault!  If a large cloud of smoke is seen over
>Wisconsin, that's my coil #5 !

And I guess there's a half a chance we might see it from the southern
hemisphere and all ;^)

Mark


Mark Finnis
http://www.cobweb-dot-com.au/~dkfinnis