Re: 1st Tesla Coil

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


At 02:57 PM 11/08/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-madlabs.info>
>
>Chris,
>
>I agree that your spark gap is a good bet for what is limiting your arcs.
>
>Try a single sucker gap.  I made a variant of Gary Lau's.  Really cheap,
>(less than $20) and easy to make (less than 3 hours).  Mine improved my
>performance dramatically with a 15/60 NST. You can see mine at:
>
SNIP
>
>Regards,
>
>Jonathan Peakall
>

Hi Chris, Coilers,

I'll second that!  I made a varient of Gary's gap and am very pleased
with the performance.  I used a PVC electrical T fitting for the body
of the gap and 1/2 inch copper pipe as the electrodes.  Search in the
July and/or early August archieves for "Hyperbaric Gap" to find more
info on my gap.

73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
G-1#1214

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