Re: Tesla and diathermy machines

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

John: check to see if your tube fillaments are good  then chech your supply
voltage. after that check your switches to see if power is being supplied.
The circuit is a simple circuit and quite easy to repair. Problems are
usualy bad tubes or bad connections. Not much else.
  Robert  H 

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> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:05:29 -0600
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> Subject: Tesla and diathermy machines
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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> Hi guys! I recently bought an old short wave diathermy machine. I understand
> that befor the tube short wave machines,the machines were powered by a spark
> gap and Tesla coil.Does anyone have working knowledge of the Tesla model, and
> better yet the tube model.Mine has a large transformer(induction?) in the
> bottom.I can't get the tubes to "fire up". Any help? Thank you all
> 
> john in nyc
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