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Re: Wives and Tesla coils
Hi all,
I agree with all in favour of the output streamers being louder
than the gap. So they should be in an efficient coil. If the gap is
louder you know you can do *vastly* better with the energy you are
putting in.
Regards,
Malcolm
On 18 May 00, at 20:40, Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "S.Gaeta" <SGTPORKY-at-prodigy-dot-net>
>
> 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