Re: Grounding

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
>     1) I have, to be honest, never run a coil grounded. Where in the circuit
> should I ground it? How many steaks do I use? How long should the steaks be?
>     2) For my own purposes I have decided I will write some type of coil
> design program. Where can I get formulas for this? NOT where can I
> download/use online design software.

Surely, many of the folks on this list that have web sites (like on the TC
ring), have the design equations.  For that matter, download Ed Sonderman's
Excel spreadsheet and look at the equations.

>     3) Does anyone live in the beautiful state of South Dakota? I'm lonely, I
> say the two words Tesla coil and people think I'm a psycho (not that I'm not
> ;0)
>     4) On a TC website there was pix of a spark gap, except he had like 6 in
> a row. Y?
> I'm probably spoiled compared to some coilers because I have perfect little
> copper balls with perfect steel rods coming out them and perfectly rounded
> tips. He had 6 "L" brackets back too back about 1-2" apart. Does that have
> anything to do with it?
>     5) Where can I find someplace where it says how big/many salt water caps
> I need for enough capacitance. My current coil was bought as a kit, and I'm
> seriously considering building one from scratch.

> 
> Any responses help!
> 
> 73,Kc0Ion,"Ion-Boy"