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Re: State finalist in the science fair with a Tesla Coil
In regards to those caps... I used 12oz glass bottles when I was using
SW caps, all in parrallel. They only even SLIGHTLY got warm. I used
9 of them parrallel for the perfect value. You should try this as well, if
they fail - they're only bottles.
>Anyway, we have several things to accomplish beforehand. First, he was
told
>that he need to actually turn this into an experiment, which we have had a
>difficult time in doing. One of the problems we've had is that how do you
use
>a TC in an experiment? One of the judges suggested creating a data table
on
>how caps change the effect of a TC. I guess that the key is a DT (data
>table). Has anyone crossed this bridge and have any sugggestions? I
suppose
>we could create a DT on all the trials and errors and all the things we
tried,
>I just thought I would probe your minds for something a little more
dazzling.
>
>Second, The discharge on our unit is poor, while we've come to the
>understanding it's capacitance. Currently we are running SW caps that we
>fab'ed, it really matched the rest of the decor of the TC :) We are
currently
>using 16 Nestea bottles (four serial bottles in a sting, four strings in
>parallel), Gary Lau was kind enough to test the capacitance for us some
time
>ago (THANKS GARY!) and it tested .00057uF, our system is going to require 4
>serial bottles in a string, and ten stings in parallel, I think. When it
comes
>to series/parallel when working w/ caps I get really confused. Anyway, I
have
>four caps in a series because it is WAY over the voltage needed and after
>running the TC for nearly 10 minutes in one run the caps didn't even get
warm!
>I really like that feeling! So tell me, are we going to throw this
together
>right? (with four bottles in a series to form a string and 10 strings in in
>parallel).
>
>Here is a question that is off the topic of the science fair, has anyone
done
>any reasearch on what exactly is going on INSIDE the secondary on a TC?
>
>Kent
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