Re: tube coils

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

Well, i would grab the tubes, you can always sell them on ebay....support
your hobbie and make somebodys day! cul brian f.
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: tube coils


> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
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> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
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> > In a message dated 10/10/01 10:44:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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> > Greg,
>
> > I don't know much about x-ray equip, but my guess is that most
> > of those are rectifier tubes, which are not useful for tube coils.
>
> Concur.
> Might be X Ray tubes themselves, or the HV rectifiers.
> Neither real useful for usual coiling activities.
> (Someone may debate the use of the HC rectifiers...)
>
> While the 100kvish transformers seem tempting, reports
> indicate that spark gaps need top be largely reinvented.
> Much careful work & time over 110 years have yielded
> good approaches for the 15/20 KV range.  For 100KV, the
> spark gap would need reinventing/reoptimizing.
>
> I suspect such a coil would be interesting, but a lot
> of cut and try....
>
> best
> dwp
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