Re: getting started

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

Dave,

A good starting point is with the Tesla books by John Couture:
couturejh-at-worldnet.att-dot-net

Other Tesla books are available from Lindsay Publishers in Bradley, Illinois.
John's books will start you out in Tesla theory and show you plans for 
building coils of 
various powers. Read all you can on electrical theory and read the Tesla 
archives.
When you build your first coil start out very small. We all make errors, I 
should know, 
and by starting small the errors you make will not be costly and they 
probably will not be lethal.
Think safety at all times; even a small Tesla coil can be deadly.
Ask plenty of questions, you will find the people on the Tesla list always 
willing
 to help.

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman