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Re: Wives and Tesla coils
Ditto!
The output of my "Radical Radio" is only 12" (after all, it is a tiny coil),
but the output is much louder than the gap. While I was working on my medium
coil (my first successful tesla coil), I had thoughts of using packing foam
inside the gap enclosure to dampen the noise. I immediately abandoned the
idea once the system was tuned up and working properly!
Cheers,
S.Gaeta
----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Wives and Tesla coils
> Original Poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 5/17/2000 7:16:58 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>
> > Original Poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>
> >
> > I'm a little confused by all of the posts suggesting to enclose or
> otherwise
> > muffle the gap noise. When I have a 4-5 foot streamer coming off of my
> > topload, I believe it is the streamer, not the gap, that is the source
of
> > the noise.
> >
> > Gary Lau
> > Waltham, MA USA
> >
> Funny, I wanted to say the same thing! With my first couple of coils,
the
> power wasn't much so the spark gap was the noise maker. Now the arcs and
> streamers seem to be the noise generators.
> I did make one multi gap for a 5kV, 30ma powered coil out of a bunch
(in
> other words, I don't remember the exact number)of brass and mica washers
all
> held together with a ceramic 1/4 20 bolt. This was nearly a noiseless
spark
> gap. It just made a hissing sound.
> Mike
>
>