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Re: baby sparks




On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 13:47:07 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
>Original Poster: "Samuel Rosset" <samr-at-chez-dot-com> 
>
>Hi there!!
>
>I just wanted to tell us that I tested my first tesla coil this 
>evening.
>It is powered by a NST 12KV 30ma and I got 1' sparks (a little under 
>1') I'm
>sure it sounds quite small for all of you, but it was my first TC, and 
>I am
>very proud of it...

That's really not bad at all for your first TC. My current project, still
using SW caps, pushes out 27" with a 12000V 60ma NST.

>
>I would like to thank all the people on this list who helped me, it 
>was very
>kind of you guys... Can you give me some advice to get longer 
>sparks...

Moreinfo on your system, such as type/value of caps, demensions of
secondary, type of gap, if you have rf filtering, etc. Would be helpful
to anyone offering advice.

 For
>example, I have 3-4 streamers firing at the same time... How can I get 
>only
>one (bigger toroid or replace the toroid by a small sphere???)

Using a larger terminal seems to be the most common solution, but be sure
to adjust the primary tuning for more turns if you choose this route.

 What 
>about
>the gap setting???

I assume you're using a static gap, so just keep it as wide open as you
can and still have it fire reliably. 

>
>Thank you for your help
>
>Sam
>
With silent lightning in my hand, 
Grayson

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