RE: Hello everyone

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Original poster: "Rasheed Abdal-Aziz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hypergee-at-hypergeek-dot-com.au>

well i saw Richie Burnetts page a couple of days ago.. And I must say, I am
realllly interested in his SSTC stuff.. and it looks like i WILL be brushing
up on my Analog/power circuit knowlege (I'm not too chabby with Digital IO
and microcontrollers, but boolean logic comes easier to me than Masses of
algebraic formula - such as Resitive, inductive and capacitive formulas)  So
it will be slow going, but i do want a singing baby tesla coil now 8-)

I do have a question to ask... If we go with the slinky metaphor put forward
by a few sights.. When you get the slinky strong enough to break the wall, I
am assuming the slinky is under great stress at this point.. And being
slightly out of time with your forces (mistuned) you could do some nasty
damage to the slinky.. Correct?  And i would also assume that because there
is loss in the system (the friction of the slinky on the floor) that there
is of course a theoretical maximum force the slinky can reach..

What i'm really asking, is there a decent resource describing the entire TC
model for simulation?  Are we still faced with unknowns or can the
engineering of ones TC be completly modelled in software before production?



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Subject: Re: Hello everyone


Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

One certainly doesn't need any EE background to build a decent coil.  A
more useful skill is the ability to scrounge parts and adapt what you have
to fit your needs.

Start collecting parts, and before you know it, you'll have a coil... Then
the addiction gets truly dangerous....<grin>

Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Rasheed Abdal-Aziz by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hypergee-at-hypergeek-dot-com.au>
>
> I don't think I'd ever get around to building my own coil, except perhaps
a
> tiny one.. My EE is not that good 8-)  But it is great to see people
getting
> involved with Tesla's work, and in the day ive been watching this list, I
> have allready seen some very interesting discussion.. Just thought I'd
drop
> this note, tell you all im watching with interest 8-)
>
>         Rasheed Abdal-Aziz
>         Hypergeek-dot-com.au