Re: first light.....sad really, reasons?

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

BunnyKiller wrote:

> Tesla list wrote:
>
>> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net> " 
>> <Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
>>
>> Hi scot, where did you download wintesla? i looked around for it and 
>> could
>> not find it. My TC had a 15kv/30ma nst my secondary is 2 pounds of #24
>> magnet wire around a 4" pvc pipe.
>
>
> snipperzzz...
>
> Hi Adam...
>
> to start with...  a Farad is a measure of electrons stored on "plates" 
> which will hold a charge. ( in other words, 2 metallic plates 
> seperated by an insulator ( of various natures and thicknesses will 
> allow a charge (( a build up of electrons to occur)) of varying 
> degrees, certian materials that insulate will allow more electrons to 
> stay in a stable position on the metal plates more than other materials).
>
> some materials ( insulators ) work very well for DC ( direct current ) 
> applications ( such as Mylar, but really suck in an AC ( alternating 
> current) situation, since they have a tendency to "melt" with the 
> rapid fluxing of current flowing back and forth between the plates and 
> insulator.
>
> as far as the different names for "F" ( farads)   milli , micro, nano 
> , these are the designations for the measures in the opposite 
> direction of whole numbers ( decimal) example===  1 millifarad (mF) = 
> .001 farad, 1 microfarad (uF) = .000001 farad, and 1 nanofarad (nF) = 
> .000000001 farad. pretty tiny stuff, but then again 1 full farad is 
> ALOT of power.
>
>
> next step...   get your tape measure and let us know ...
>
> the secondary diameter ( i think it was 4") how much of the tube is 
> wound with wire ( height wise) with 24? gage wire?
>
> what is the size ( thickness of the primary coil wire/tubing) (( most 
> of us use 1/4" copper tubing for the primary on low power coils) and 
> the gap size between each coil of the primary.
>
> estimate the angle of the primary coil from the inner turn to the 
> outer turn....  15 degrees?  30 degrees?
>
> your estimate of the cap is 5 nF
>
> you know the trannie output ( 15KV -at- 30mA)
>
> do you have a toriod yet?   ( this is an important item to have and to 
> have measurements on to configure tuning )
>
> and finally..   send me your Email address and I will send you a copy 
> of the WinTesla program....  it will be in a compressed form so you 
> will need winzip to unzip it ...
>
>
> Scot D
>
> aka bunnykiller
>
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