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Recommendations for Tesla Coil Specs for my 15/60 NST



Original poster: "Troy D. Taylor by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <troy-at-ezcoding-dot-com>

I have been watching the discussions about oversizing.

What dimensions would be recommended for a 15/60 NST? I was thinking:

Power - 15 kV / 60 mA Franceformer NST.
0-140VAC Variac Controller with a fused load at 2A.
Primary - co-axial cable of about 13 turns with a 7" inner diameter.
Secondary - #26 magnet wire (green colored :) on 4" by 26" pvc pipe with
about 1200 turns.
Capacitor - 24nF MMC
Top Terminal - aluminum dryer duct for the 1st pass.
Spark Gap - Terry's adjustable static spark gap with safety
(http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/terrygap.jpg).

Most of these number are gleened from Terry's site
(http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/).  Thanks Terry! :)

Is this a pretty good estimate?  Am I forgetting anything?

Thanks All!

Troy