Re: Horizontal TCs?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Is that Merle Tuve's one that ran in a tank of oil?


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Subject: RE: Horizontal TCs?


> Original poster: "Tuite, Tom by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<TTuite-at-ALLEGROMICRO-dot-com>
>
> For any of you that are in IN, Purdue Univ. has a "horizontal TC".  Of
> course I only found out about this AFTER I graduated, but hey, at least I
> can pass it on :)
>
> Tom T.
>
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> Subject: Re: Horizontal TCs?
>
>
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> In a message dated 12/6/01 7:44:57 PM Central Standard Time,
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> > Although possible, usually as twin coils in the shape of two Tesla
> >  coils back-to-back, this is uncommon. Are you sure that you are not
> >  thinking in an induction coil?
>
> Antonio and Patrick,
> I just spent almost a year playing with the 1/2 wave bipolar as Patrick
> describes.
> This is the center-fed bipolar with the spark coming off of rabbit ear
> antennas
> at the ends of the coil. It is not an induction coil. It is electrically
> identical to the twin
> bipolar you describe. Only the geometry is different. I am building a twin
> bipolar now.
> Matter of fact, it's giving me 60 inches of white hot spark. The equations
> for tuning the twin
> coil are the same as for the horizontal 1/2 wave bipolar.
>
> The circuit is the same as for any TC with Cp across the NST secondary,
the
> SG in
> series with the primary, and the return to the other side of the NST sec
and
>
> the other side
> of Cp. I'll post the specs when I get the pictures.
>
> The first bipolar coil I made was 24 inches long and it produced a 24 inch
> spark between antenna ends. Naturally, I wanted something larger so I
built
> a
> 48 inch coil with the goal
> of getting a spark longer than the distance between the two ends of the
> coil.
> As soon as I get the pictures back from the drugstore I am going to post
on
> this
> coil. The subject will be My Bipolar Disorder. Waiting for the pictures.
>
> Happy day,
> Ralph Zekelman
>
>
>
>