Re: The AutoCoil

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

In a message dated 2/22/01 2:45:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Someone had mentioned making a small tesla coil that would operate on 
> their car. well i had thought of this beforehand and may attempt to try 
> this. i have a pickup truck and thought it might be cool to sit this in 
> the back near the tailgate. couple of questions have come up thought. 
> grounding being the most important. some people do not ground their coils. 
> how do you get away with this? the coils i have built insist on being 
> grounded otherwise they arc to the primary. maybe insultaing the end would 
> stop this? how about stepping up the voltage from a regular car battery? i 
> think ive seen some neon transformers built for cars but i wouldnt know 
> where to find one and iver never seen a spec rating for them. i suppose if 
> they couldnt be found the apperatus is avalible for stepping up to 120 and 
> then using a regular neon transformer. lastly, if the topload could be 
> elevated enough and the sparks werent extremely long you could probably 
> get away without having it strike your vehicle and damaging anything. 
>
> thoughts? 
>
> -matt 



Hey matt, www.amazing1-dot-com has some neon supplies meant for 12 volt input.The 
are for portable neon setups. 

matt