Ryan's Coil

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Original poster: "Ryan Ries by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <spud-at-wf-dot-net>

	Hey again.  We took some photos of the coil tonight, so hopefully I'll be
able to show them to the list this week.  The coil often strikes the ground
(6.5'), and has hit a grounded object over 7 feet away - with only 4.8 kW. 
But holy geez, do those MOTs get hot... they start smoking after only 30
seconds or so.  And they're solid metal, so it takes em' forever to cool
down.  Oh well...   Also, strikes to the primary are basically constant.  A
strike ring would keep the arcs from hitting the primary coil, but it would
still attract arcs itself.  I guess there isn't really anything we can do
about it without winding a taller secondary.

	-- Ryan Ries