Re: Biggg Coil running again

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Original poster: "randy by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <randy-at-gte-dot-net>

Neither URL listed below will load for me at this time.
The following URL seems to host a number of .jpg files:
http://home.flash-dot-net/~kreld/Index%20of%20-bigggcoil.htm

Randy

At 09:30 PM 7/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Kevin R Eldredge by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <kreld-at-juno-dot-com>
>
>All
>
>   The Bigg Coil was disassembled last Fall waiting for its new home where
>it can be perminantly assembled & ready to fire at a moments notice.   At
>last a Tesla Coil "hanger" was built this last several weeks measuring
>10' wide x 10' deep x 16' tall with two 15' doors.  Features include an
>electric hoist on the rafters to work on the Coil & a work loft at 12'
>for maintainance on the toroid.  It takes 5 minutes to roll out its 24'
>runway and wire up.
>
>   Of coarse it was tested Saturday with less than favorable conditions,
>like a 7 to 10 mph wind.  Still it gave respectable 22' arcs to the
>hanger.   With the wind, the arcs wout start on the windward side of the
>8' toroid, hit the ground, and rotate 180 degrees on the ground to the
>opposite side then break up,  another arc would start and repeat again.
>
>
>   The 120 bps rotary had some arc follow around when wired in series with
>the vacuum static gap using 2 gaps.  I increased it to all 5 gaps, and
>output dropped to nill.   The static gap was bypassed all together, and
>rotary follow around stopped, the output arcs brightened nicely.
>
>   I am planning on installing a resistive voltage divider to take voltage
>measurments accross the capacitor and transformer outputs.  This would be
>tied directly to the vertical deflection plates of an old tube type
>scope.  Any suggestions on this idea are welcome.  The scope has already
>been modified for direct vertical inputs.
>
>Coiling in Oklahoma
>
>Kevin E.
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