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Re: Jacobs ladders



Original poster: "Steve Greenfield by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alienrelics-at-yahoo-dot-com>


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Shaun R. Phelps by way of Terry
> Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <shaun-at-visorloop-dot-com>
> 
> If you have a high-voltage transformer, you can make
> one easily by bending a
> metal coat hanger and connecting the transformer
> outs to the coat hanger.
-snip-

I built a really fancy one, but the actual operation
is no different from the run of the mill coat-hanger
Jacob's Ladder. It uses flat copper rod supported by
ceramic insulators, and has plexiglass on the front
and back. There is also a small fan in the bottom that
attaches to a long hose so you can blow the ozone and
nitric acid out a handy window. It uses a 9KV 15mA NST
for the high voltage.

I have a couple of pictures in the file area of the NW
Propmaster's group:
http://groups.yahoo-dot-com/group/nwpropmasters/files/Steve%20Greenfield/

I don't think a Tesla Coil would work well as the high
voltage for a Jacob's Ladder. Too easy for the high
frequency high voltage to just make streamers across
the electrodes that don't rise.

Steve Greenfield

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