Re: NST can't power Jacobs ladder!?

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• Subject: Re: NST can't power Jacobs ladder!?
• From: BunnyKiller <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 04 Sep 1999 12:57:48 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Jan Florian Wagner <jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi>
>
> Hi!
>
> Am I missing something here, or is it really that NSTs can't power a
> Jacobs ladder?

snip...

when i first got my NST I built a Jacobs ladder to find out how much voltage
and power i was playing with...   i found that by having the electrodes at
about 15 - 25 degrees spread and a .25" gap at the bottom ( length of
electrodes were about 20 " with a .25" bottom gap with a 4-6" gap at top) i
got best results... if i spread the upper gap beyond 6", I found that the arc
would "hang" at the bottom and not move. If I gently blew on the arc upwards
it would then travel the length of the eletrodes to about half way and break.
Try experimenting with the upper gap ( closing it in a bit ).

If you really want AWESOME arcs get a polepig ( just today I got mine setup
and tested... started at .5" with 36" long electrodes with a 12" gap at top
....   the arcs "arched" upwards and continued at the top to about 16" dia.)
altho they looked fantastic I couldnt hear them due to the welding machine
hummin its butt off....


Scot D

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