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From: Bert Pool [SMTP:bertpool-at-ticnet-dot-com]
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> From: TYR580 [SMTP:RKoonce-at-tyler-dot-net]
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 1998 6:10 PM
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> Subject: Tesla ? coil
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> Some time ago I visited the Science Place museum at Dallas Fair Park and
> witnessed the "Electric Show". There was a demonstration of a large VanDe
> Graf generator (very impressive) and a coil quite unlike a conventional
> Tesla coil. It was a orizontally- mounted ~3 ft. diameter coil which
> tapered to a ~4" disk from which the discharge (6-8 feet long) emanated.
> The controller apparently had a rotary gap (completely enclosed). The
> only connection from the controller to the coil was by two thick cables.
> Does anyone have an idea what type of coil this is?
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> Thanx, Raymond Koonce
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This coil uses a two turn primary made out of welding cable wound directly
around the base of the secondary. The rotary gap is very conventional in
nature, and I have a pic of it on my Web Page. The coil was built for the
museum by Lloyd Ritchie. Lloyd builds museum quality coils and VanDe Graf
machines and sells them. It is very interesting to note that the builder does not
believe in discharge terminals, and the secondary has *no* toroid or other
discharge terminal capacitance. The secondary is covered with some kind of
super heavy vinyl tape. Coil makes 6 to 8 foot discharges.
Bert Pool
TCBFW
bertpool-at-ticnet-dot-com