Re: electricity with a turbine

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

to run a 100kV jacobs ladder, you will need a huge amount of power. It is
heat from current that makes a jacob's ladder work, not voltage by itself.
in the one below:

http://crowhost-dot-com/kkanno/images/transformer-arc.jpg

I'm using about 6kW and the voltage across the arc is around 2500 volts.

KEN

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Subject: electricity with a turbine


> Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jdowphotography-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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> Hello guys
>
> Some may remember that I am an artist and I'm going to school at Mass Art
in
> Boston.
> In September I'm moving into my new apartment on Mission Hill with three
> girls. And will be using the basement for coil art. So my first questions
is
> this. How do I explain coiling to the girls?
>
> Ok now to what I'm planning.
> So I'm at this fine tractor pull/ antique engine festival in Maine. I was
> really turned on by this working model steam turbine this one guy had
made.
> I have been toying with the idea of making my own electricity for a coil
for
> a long time and I thought the turbine was something I could do.
> I'm looking at winding my own HV transformer and powering it with my own
> steam turbine.
> I really want to make a super high voltage transformer 50kv? 75kv? 100kv?,
> not for TC use mind you, just a Jacobs ladder or other similar thing. I'd
> power it with juice made with the turbine.
> I'm thinking that the more steam I give the turbine the faster it goes and
> the more current I can get out of it and there for I can make bigger
sparks
> on the Jacobs ladder.
> 1. were can I learn about transformer construction?
> 2. if I can only get 100 volts generated from the turbine what is involved
> in stepping it up to 50k?or 100kv .. how high could one go.?
> 3. how much will current govern spark lengths?
> 4. if the "in" voltage to the transformer is turned down then the
> transformer would step up the voltage not to 50kv but say 15kv, something
> good for my TC. And then I would just have to feed the transformer more
> current till it is where I want it for the TC.
>
> I'm a man with a plan. The way I look at it ambition isn't a bad thing.
> Read you later
> Josh
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