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Re: My First TC (fwd)



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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 09:41:28 -0400
From: Grayson B Dietrich <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: My First TC

Ahh, another Teslaphile in the making!

Actually, the primary ISN'T connected to the secondary. It drives the
secondary inductively, that is, through a magnetic field. The bottom
winding usually splits off the secondary form and is connected to wide
conductor which is then connected to a hefty ground. The sparks from the
secondary do just fly into the open air, though a grounded object will
usually attract them. You don't want any sparks from the secondary
hitting the primary, as the extremem voltage will probably hurt (or
destroy) components in the system.

Basic connection scheme is to have your spark gap parallel with the input
transformer, the cap and the primary in series, completing the circuit
from one side of the gap to the other. 

-Grayson Dietrich
www.electrophile.8m-dot-com


On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 07:55:13 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
> Original Poster: "Spud" <spud-at-wf-dot-net> 
> 
> Hey, I have been searching the web relentlessly for information on 
> Tesla
> coils for about a week now.  What I have found, basically, is that 
> there is
> no common set of plans, but you pretty have to create your own.  I 
> can do
> that, but I just don't know the basic construction.  Things like how 
> the
> primary is connected to the secondary. (Or does it just spark 
> through the
> air? How is the secondary grounded?)  Things like that.  I'd love to 
> know
> even the most basic information that you could provide.  I am 
> astounded by
> these Tesla coils, and am very excited to learn about them.  Thanks 
> to
> anyone that will share their knowledge.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 	     Ryan <spud-at-wf-dot-net>
> 
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