Re: What it all does..

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

The TC runs on whatever power it can get.People are designing thier coil to
be powered with what ever they have to work with. One coiler on the net
dosent live on the utility system so he powers with 12 volts. some are using
400Hz power probibly a military source. That is what makes this hobby fun,
No one way to do it, but a lot of similar trial and error with a little
oh-shi-- to add flavor to the work. When it works Joy with "how do I make it
bigger". And a lot of mabeeee I can do it ifffff.
  Robert  H

> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 10:48:35 -0700
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> Subject: Re: What it all does..
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> Original poster: "pjj by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <jjenkins-at-satx.rr-dot-com>
> 
> Why can't a TC run on 110v?
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>> Original poster: "rheidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com>
>> 
>> Maybe I can help. A tC is a high voltage transformer with special
>> properties. It steps up voltage beyond normal expectations to allow
> dynamic
>> bright light and sound effects for fun. The coils are resonant circuits
> that
>> step up  voltage. The toroid stores voltage for special effects. The
>> capacitor stores the charge current, sets the time and controles the
>> tuning.The spark gap is the high current switch that supplies current
> pulses
>> to the step up transformer. The NST supplies the power to run the light
>> show.
>> Robert  H
>> 
>>> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>>> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:28:47 -0700
>>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>> Subject: What it all does..
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>>> Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 18:37:55 -0700
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>>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
>>> <TeraJoule-at-aol-dot-com>
>>> 
>>> I have a question for the list....  What does each of the components of
> the
>>> tesla coil do?  Meaning, what is their purpose in the circuit?  For
> example,
>>> what does the capacitor do in the circui, or what does the spark gap do?
>>> Thank you for your time... I'm just trying to understand it all.
>>> 
>>> ~Alex
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