RE: Jacobs ladders

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Original poster: "Alex Madsen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alexmadsen-at-yahoo-dot-com>

That Should work. A little on the low side. The higher the voltage the bier
the spark. My 15/60 makes a great Jacobs ladder. A little overkill though.
I made it in 15 min. Just some thick wire hangers attached to 6 in pvc
(insulator).

 	I     I
 	\   /
 	I   I-wire
 	I   I
 	  \  /
  	  I I
  	  /  \
to tra./### \-to (transformer)
 	  ###
 	  ###-PVC-(insulator)

Alex Madsen

-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:20 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Jacobs ladders


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

This helps but how much power does one need? In my coil I have a
transformer that puts out 6500 volts, would that be sufficent? I was also
wondering if anyone could tell me what causes the arc to move up the
elements? I have always wondered this.

73,Kcoion,"Ion-Boy"



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