Re: 833A Tube Coil

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

In a message dated 10/31/01 11:37:52 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Rick,

The 810 can give sparks just about as long as an 833A.  The graphite
plate of the 810 gives it tremendous robustness.  Even a small coil
built with the 810 can give a 19" spark output.  811A's are wimpy.

John

> 
>  Well, I guess that it may just be better for me to go ahead and keep 
> searching
>  for something close to the 833C or 833A, because I did not want the coil 
to 
> be
>  all that small just roughly "table top" sized. That is, something close to 
> one
>  of John Freau's smaller 833A, v-27 type coils. I really like his 4-250A 
coil 
> (
>  I think that is the one with the variac next to it), because it looks 
pretty
>  small, yet it certainly seems to pack a punch.
>                                                        In Friendship, Rick
>  Harris
>