Re: A couple cruddy coil pics

["Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Hi Mike,

Roberts coil pics are at my web site. Here's the direct url:

 http://www.classictesla-dot-com/photos/rws/rwsmap3.html

Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mike Novak" <acmnovak-at-email.msn-dot-com>
>
> 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" <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