Re: Ryan's Coil = DOA :(

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Original poster: "Garry F. by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <garryfre-at-pacbell-dot-net>

How horrible! I have gone though this kind of misery. I have a secondary i
could send you. its a 3.5 diameter and about 17" high.

if you want it, just gimme an address to send it too. It's woulnd with 28
guage wire.

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Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 5:41 PM
Subject: Ryan's Coil = DOA :(


> Original poster: "Ryan Ries by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<spud-at-wf-dot-net>
>
> 10,000 watts of power, but I can't harness any of it.  I did the math, I
> redid the math.  Tapping the primary coil at turn 5 gave almost the exact
> same frequency as the secondary coil w/ toroid.  I turned it on, and
> nothing happened but the brilliant spark of the spark gap.  I turned it
> off, and walked up to the coil for a closer look, when I started smelling
> burnt PVC.  My 1" thick, 9" diameter secondary has burned a nice 32"
> channel all the way down the length of the winding on the inside of the
> form.  It was in tune, I had the proper capacitance, why wouldn't it
> generate any streamers?  Anything at all?  And now the secondary is toast,
> and I have no magnet wire or money. :-(  I guess my coil will sit in the
> garage collecting dust for a few more months (or maybe longer, since I'll
> be graduating this year.)
>
> -- Ryan Ries
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