Re: Aussie coilers

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Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au>

I am Brisbane (QLD), with a 10kVA coil that makes 12 footers. Let me
know if you're ever in town for a demo.

Cheers,

Greg Peters
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Queensland, Australia
Phone: 0402 841 677
http://www.geocities-dot-com/gregjpeters



----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2003 0:57 am
Subject: Re: Aussie coilers

 > Original poster: "claude masetto by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <claudmas-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hello Peter,
 > I am in Sydney and I am also running a coil with a 4 pack MOT supply.
 > Regards
 > Claude.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:23 PM
 > Subject: Aussie coilers
 >
 >
 > > Original poster: "Peter Terren by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pterren1-at-iinet-dot-net.au>
 > >
 > > Dear Chip
 > > please consider this for posting (now updated with a web site)
 > >
 > > Peter from Western Australia.
 > >
 > > My first TC was 'discovered' while running spark spectroscopy
 > project >   in high school 30 years ago.  This used about 5Kv from
 > a multivibrator
 > >   excited dual ignition coils through a few turns of an air
 > cored radio
 > >   coil to quench it. The other end of the 100 turn coil
 > developed a
 > >   corona visible in the dark spectroscopy room. I later
 > developed this
 > >   idea with an old transformer from a dump which in retrospect
 > was an
 > >   old NST. I used a single static gap with a 12 inch ferrite
 > cored coil
 > >   of perhaps 8 primary and 100 turns secondary giving 2 inch
 > sparks with
 > >   20 small ceramic capacitors.  It ran nicely for about 20
 > years! Years
 > >   after I made it I heard that Tesla had beaten me to that
 > discovery by
 > >   quite a few years!
 > >
 > > The internet changed everything and now am running 4 MOT's
 > under oil
 > >   with an angle grinder ASRG on 4inch coil and use a
 > polyethylene/oil >   capacitor in a 6 inch PVC (with z folding
 > instead of rolled)
 > >   for around 4ft sparks.  Details and pics in website and also
 > includes > other HV stuff.
 > >
 > >
 > > <http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren" >
target="l">http://members.iinet-dot-net.au/~pterren>http://members.iinet-dot-net
.au/~pterren >
 > > My questions:
 > > 1 Anyone nearby in Australia with similar interests or am I
 > alone out here
 > > in the
 > >   wilderness?
 > > 2 Has anyone else used a ferrite core particularly for mini TC's.
 > > 3 The toroid acts as a large shorted turn. What is the effect
 > of a toroid
 > > that is not a complete circle to prevent the shorted turn?
 > >
 > > Cheers, Peter
 > >
 > >
 >
 >
 >