Re: A couple cruddy coil pics

["Area31 Research Facility" <rwstephens-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

All,
 
Some photos of my coil work may be found at
<http://www.area31-dot-org/tech.html>www.area31-dot-org/tech.html  A link to a detailed
photo of the coil with the creepage disks under discussion may be found here.
 
BTW,  I'm in the mood to trade Tesla coil parts, pulse caps, coin shrinker
caps, etc., for vintage TV's for my museum.  I'm especially looking for very
early color TV's including the RCA CT-100,  and prewar TV's.  Please contact me
off list if you have my sought after treasure!
That coil with the disks that works like gangbusters can be considered
'available' for the right trade offer.
 
Robert W. Stephens
Director
AREA31 Research Facility
AREA31 Radio Observatory
Co-curator
Hangar31 Vintage TV Museum
<http://www.area31-dot-org>www.area31-dot-org
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 13:46
> Subject: Re: A couple cruddy coil pics
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> Original poster: "Mike Novak"
> <<mailto:acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com> 
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>
> Any body know the URL for the pics of Robert Stevens' coil? I bookmarked it
> a while back but have since lost it. :(
> The coil was really cool looking with those rings on the secondary and he
> even had a hangar for it complete with a gantry crane to set the secondary
> in place. Thanks,
>
> -Mike
>
> > Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson"
> <<mailto:tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Nice observation. I took another look at the image, saved it to disk, then
> > changed the gamma to 1.8. The rings were then clearly visible and kind of
> > tinted
> > blue? This is a similar design that Robert Stevens' has used. If I
> remember
> > correctly, these type of disks are used to increase surface creep distance
> > between top potential and ground along the secondary's length. But "cool"
> is
> > another likely candidate. It will be interesting to hear if the disks were
> used
> > to correct a problem.
> >
> > Bart
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