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Re: Tube Coils
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: Phililp Mac Duffie <shadow42-at-totcon-dot-com>
>
> Hello, My name is Philip, I hve just started this great hobby for those who
> dont know me. I have resently become interested in tube coils. I have asked
> this on the tesa-2 list and was refered here by some list members. I was
> talking to Mike Hammer about this stuff and he didnt seem to want to explain
> any tube stuff at all, so today I went out and bought a tube. I got a 6164
> tube and was hoping to use it on the coil shown on www.pupam-dot-com I really
> know nothing about tubes at present so if anyone wants to help me ide
> appriceate it.
>
> Thank you,
> Philip Mac Duffie
> http://hv.hypermart-dot-net
>
> P.S i allso got a 801A tube from school, would this be better?
Some people don't believe in tube coils. Not traditional enough for them, I
guess. Kind of like Vette owners, If it's not original, it's not the real
thing. I don't know, Mike may have been busy. There are several things to
consider before building a tube coil. Is it going to be an IC coil driver or a
self resonant fly-back? You can find them on the tesla-coil web ring. You look
up all the specs on the tubes you have and make sure that the circuits you are
using are appropriate for the tube you choose. Choose an appropriate power
supply and tank circuit. Build a coil appropriate to your power supply, tank
circuit and switching tube. What else have you constructed so far of the
system? Is the tube you've chosen able to be used for the application?
Depending on how much experience with circuit design you have, it may be
easier
to find a circuit design you like and buy the appropriate tube rather than
build a circuit to fit the tube.
Bryan Kaufman