Re: first light pics

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Original poster: "Thad Howard by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <thoward-at-nhm-dot-org>

He Shaun , and all,

I used three stainless floats that I silver soldered together, the big one
is 8" and the
two small ones are 3",  I think its about  24 pfd's.  I didn't mention the
secondary which
is 6" dia. by 25" wound.

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Shaun Epp by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<scepp-at-mts-dot-net>
>
> Looks petty good,  What did you use as a topload?
>
> I posted mine a couple of days ago, but no one responded  :-(    .   To see
> some other arc pictures click on these links below,  they are time delayed
> shots, and are spectacular!
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/shaun%20tc1%20photo%20high.jpg
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/shaun%20tc2%20photo.jpg
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/shaun%20tc3%20photo.jpg
>
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/shaun%20tc4%20photo.jpg
>
> All the Best,
>
> Shaun Epp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:48 PM
> Subject: first light pics
>
> > Original poster: "Thad Howard by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <thoward-at-nhm-dot-org>
> >
> > greeting group,
> >
> > I finished my first coil and what a thrill it was to fire it up.  I was
> > totally surprised when it worked.  these pics are from an hours worth of
> > digital video.
> >
> >
> > coil specs:
> >
> > Power supply V and I:  sorry I don't know, but I am reconfiguring this
> > and will determine the parameters.  It is composed of 4 ge
> > 9T68Y5021G10's in series-parallel.
> >
> > Capacitor:  .054 mfd. Geek Group caps, 11 in series, 4 parallel sets.
> >
> > Spark gap:  120 bpm triggered spark gap
> >
> > Arcs from each "ear" were about 2.5 feet long.
> >
> > safe coiling,
> >
> > Thad Howard
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/sparks.jpg
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/spark%20gap.jpg
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/composite.jpg
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/coil%201.jpg
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/coil%202.jpg
> >