Re: How much are coils worth?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/23/01 8:45:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< Hi!
 >
 > I've built a voltage doubler MOT coil and it throws considerable length
 > streamers (5 foot +). It has an MMC type cap, with a multiple static spark
 > gap. Primary is 11 turns of copper tube, and secondary is 24 inches winding
 > length, using 24 AWG wire. All in all it is about 5 feet tall. It is built
 > really well and looks the part. I am now looking to sell it to fund a 
project
 > (a jet gokart) and i was wondering; how much could I get for it?
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Ben Diprose
 
 if everything was new and it was run for testing and tweaking the arc
 length ...
 ummm its worth about 50 gallons of jet fuel ;) ( considering that JP-3 is
 about 3$a
 gallon)
 
 my small coil is probably worth about 700$ ( everything was new except the
 caps,
 variac, and case ... 4 15KV 30mA NST's, acrylic 8" dia secondary, 1/4" Cu
 tubing,
 plexiglass supports, counter top, bolts,screws, connectors, wire, etc. the
 control
 cabinet has a variac, volt and amp meters, switches, and an optional timer
 in it for
 display usage ) and now its used...   probably couldnt get much more than
 250 -300$
 for the whole thing ( and that probably includes shipping too :)   )  plus
 ALOT of my
 time invested in making it...
 
 soooo...  what do ya do? keep it since there was a healthy investment and
 let it sit
 in the back of the shop using up valuable floor space and collecting dust
 or sell it
 at a major loss... decisions decisions.....
 
 
 Scot D
 
  >>
Why not just put it on ebay?Make sure you have a lot of pics and then see 
what people will do.My guess is those intersted in it will bid ahead of time 
and not do that sniping buiseness.So can cancel w/o worrys of losing bidders.

Matt