Failures Specifics

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Original poster: "pjj by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jjenkins-at-satx.rr-dot-com>


Used 
Ed Sonderman's tesla excell sheet
 
i continue to play w/ it nightly and will keep tring

 

TC – Primary

                                                

            Inner Diameter             - 8.25”

            Outer Diameter            - 14.5”

            # Turns                        - 7

            Material (Cu Tubing)  - .25”

            Spacing                        - .5” on centers .25” between the
walls

            Calculated Inductance - 19.8 uH

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TC – Secondary

 

            Diameter                              - 2.5”

            Length of Windings            - 22.25”

            Turns per Inch                     - 36 TPI

            Gauge                                  - 22ga.

            Calculate # of Turns           - 777 turns

            H/D                                      - 1:8.9

            Calculated Inductance        - 4 uH

            Cal. Self Cap.                      - 7.1pF

            Unloaded Res. Freq.            - 939 khz

 

Tank Circuit – 

 

            Cap – 

                        Geek Group Variation 3.5 gallon Bucket 14 Bud-light
bottles

                        Measured Value            - .019 uF

 

            Spark Gap – 

                        Static single gap 

 

            Transformer – 

                        MOT no protection circuit no doubler