Geek Group Teslathon Last Saturday

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

To all that attended the Geek Group Teslathon last Saturday - WOW! what a 
blast. 
To all that missed it - you missed a good time! 

There were plenty of things blowing-up/arcing/burning/etc.  We ran my 11-inch 
coil long and hard trying to smoke a running HP computer.  It's amazing how 
long it took to fry it. 

Thanks to The Geek Group for hosting the event.  Always good to meet fellow 
coilers. 

I was going to run my coil tonight, but when I opened up the gap cabinet I 
found some interesting things that need fixing.  The rotary gaps are all 
covered in white ash, and the series gaps got so hot they smoked the phenolic 
base.  I put photos up on my web site 
http://members.aol-dot-com/rscopper/index.htm 

Anyway, I know what I'm doing this afternoon - rebuilding some gaps. 

R. Scott Coppersmith