RE: Direct current coils

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• Subject: RE: Direct current coils
• From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:25:57 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

For a direct current coil giving six foot arcs, check out
www.altair-dot-org/tesla.htm for "Vic and Kip's Excellent Tesla Coil"  W4KIP,
Kip supplied info on a coil he built in the late 1940's or early 1950's
along with W4OCH, Vic, which ran off DC.  The coil was eventually abandoned
in the basemant of the house across the street from the Governor's mansion
in Atlanta.  Some photos may still exist.  No one has tried asking the
current owners of the house about the coil.

Kip supplied details for the schematic on my web page. Additional info, the
break rate was about 10 Hz using a tungsten rod rotated by an old
phonograph.  Resonance was about 135 kHz.

Will

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