Re: Teaching a newbie.

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Neil,

Get him on the Pupman list, get him to subscribe him to the group, but let
him learn his own way. I tried to teach a friend, but they got confused
because they didnt like the way I explained it. However if you wanna take
the hands on approach then teach him about all the seperate components, and
then about SAFET (hammer that bit in) and then help hm with supplies etc...

He'll get the idea :)

Best Regards,
Jason

{UK Geek #1139 ¬ G-2}
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Subject: Teaching a newbie.


> Original poster: "Neil Richardson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <neil-at-opticalrealities-dot-com>
>
> One of my friends came over the other day and caught me working on my tiny
> tesla coil. He asked what it was, what it was for, the usual newbie
> questions. I sent him to powerlabs to take a look at other tesla coils,
and
> now he wants to build one - but guess what? He knows very little about
> electricity and electronics. How long do you think it would take me to
teach
> him everything he would need to know to design and build a tesla coil? I
am
> starting him out with basic circuits with transistors, capacitors and
> resistors, and then helping him with a flyback driver before I let him
mess
> with the bigger stuff which I don't even know enough about to dare venture
> there. He really wants to learn all this stuff, and has already done some
> research and knows all the parts of a tesla coil, what they are for, and
> where they go in a circuit.
> So, is there any absolute beginner sites which I can send him to to learn
> the basics in electronics? If I help him out enuf he can help me build a
> bigger tesla coil. I still class myself as a beginner, and still have a
lot
> to learn myself.
>
>
>