RE: How much are coils worth?

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

Ben

I have invested $400 in a beautiful plexiglass enclosed 15" coil with mostly
new and NOS components. Like many others I've seen on the net, it is
sculpture, and at time throws some nice sparks. 

On ebay mine might  bring a few hundred dollars. However, I could donate it
to a school or theatre (any Frankenstein productions in your neck of the
woods?) for a tax write off. Commercial units of your size cost upwards of
$1000; A middle of high school may be willing to give you such a letter.

Otherwise, 

Gary

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Subject:	Re: How much are coils worth?

Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<LazyBen13-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> 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