RE: A beginner

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

Don,

I would recommend that a beginner first start with RQSG (Richard Quick) type
of tube gap - the rotary is a lot of extra work. None of my coils use them
and I am content with their performance. (On the other hand, mine don't
throw 3' sparks, either.) 


If you need advice on a simplified way to quickly build a RQSG without the
nuts and bolts contact me at garyvp-at-earthlink-dot-net.

Good luck 

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com] 
Sent:	Sunday, March 24, 2002 5:04 PM
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Subject:	A beginner

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

Hello,

There was a Tesla coil in my high school elctronics class many years 
ago. There was an ealier "unconfirmed" adventure, wherein the class 
held hands and formed a chain down the hall to the nearby class to 
"touch" the teacher.

But that was then, and I never studied the construction, and now my 
daughter wants to build one for her high school senior project.

Could someone point me to a basic "block diagram" description of the 
rotary gap type?

I have been searching the Web and joined this list, but I'd like to start 
with the simplified picture and build from there.

Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Don