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Re: crappy coil update
----- Original Message -----
From: <jkooi-at-wishmail-dot-net>
To: "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: crappy coil update
> Hi,
> Supposing the bottle is made of plastic, not glass I'll say about 3-4 nF
> but best is just measure it as I did.
>
> greetings from Jeroen Kooiman from Holland
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla List" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 2:38 PM
> Subject: crappy coil update
>
>
> > Original Poster: "m0neyfromyuba" <m0neyfromyuba-at-netzero-dot-net>
> >
> > hey coilers
> > a week ago i decided that i was gonna make a tesla coil after 2 straight
> > months of looking at coils everynight on the internet. Working with lil
> > resources, tools, and experience i whooped out a crappy piece of crap.
> > Somethin so bad that even N tesla himself would slap me for it if he was
> > alive. I used an MOT with an unmatched cap for the primary. I made a
coil
> > that was way out of the L/D ratio(9:1). I got no spark and came real
close
> > to killing myself. Then my friend told me about this list since no one
in
> > this area (yuba city, ca) knew anything about tesla coils. I recieved
> > several responses in the next two days. Many of you told about my cap
> > straight off, and my secondaris abnormal size. A week later, today, i
made
> a
> > new secondary (12 by 3.5, 26 awg) and used a flyback to power a 2 liter
> salt
> > water bottle cap. Because it is a flyback, its rating is way below a
> decent
> > supply but i was able to get 6 inch sparks to my finger very easily by
> using
> > some old metal bowls as toploads. Anyways i wanted to take the time and
> > thank all the members of the tesla mailing list who read and responded
to
> my
> > e-mails.
> > thanks for reading
> > Manjinder Bains
> > P.S. Does anyone know thecapacitance of a 2 liter coke bottle filled
with
> > salt water and with aluminum paper wrapped all around.