Re: ISEF display

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: ISEF display
• From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:53:23 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 3/29/99 2:12:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

> Greetings,
>  
>      I qualified this weekend to go to the 1999 ISEF.  Part of my project
>  involved a Tesla Coil, so I wanted to build a small one for my display.  I
>  have built small and large TCs before, but this one will be a little
>  different than I am used to.  Since putting a grounding rod into the floor 
> is
>  not an option, is there some way I can do a virtual RF ground?  Also, I'm 
> not
>  going to have a lot of free time between now and then, so any 
> recommendations
>  for some really cheap capacitor sources?  I'm going to use a 15 kV 30 ma
NST
>  and a 5.31 nF cap.  Thanks.
>  
>  
>  Jeremy :-)
>  
Jeremy,

For a coil with a small power supply as you have described, you can use a
counterpoise which could be made from several square feet of metal screen,
foil, fencing, etc. layed out on the floor and connected to the bottom of the
secondary.

Contact D.C. Cox at Resonance Research for caps.  He has .004 mfd radar caps
at a very good price.

Ed Sonderman

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