Re: Proposal for Tesla Coil Data Base

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Original poster: "Chris Arnold by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chris_arnold-at-msn-dot-com>

Hello list,

This is my first post to the list, but I've been watching it for the past 
7-8 months since I first got into coiling, and have really enjoyed what 
I've learned.

To the best of my knowledge there is no centralized area where this data is 
collected.  It sounds like a great idea.  If there is sufficient interest I 
would be willing to design/implement something of the sort.  Perhaps we 
could host this on hot-streamer Terry ;)

Chris Arnold

PS:  I currently reside in a rural area near Cambridge, Nebraska, USA, with 
a total of 40 kVA of power available w/o the risk of frying other peoples 
electronics (perfect for coiling if you ask me).  To date I have built a 
VTTC using a single 833C that achieved ~14-16 inches or so of discharge 
before I carelessly knocked the secondary over onto the tube and broke the 
filament (very sad day indeed).


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Proposal for Tesla Coil Data Base
>Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 19:17:06 -0600
>
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><Zimtesla-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>I have enjoyed reading letters on the Tesla list and looking at web sites 
>where Tesla coil photos are posted. Seeing what others are doing helps me 
>to build better coils and get new ideas. I have seen some emperical 
>formula for max spark length for a given driving power. Also it is 
>mentioned that so-and-so got xxx inches with a y watt transformer. Lots of 
>times no detail or photos.
>
>If this already exists, I have missed it - I propose that a data base of 
>what Tesla list coil builders consider their best effortsbe developed. It 
>would have to be posted on a web site so everyone could see it. The 
>posting would be a standardized description of the coil and its components 
>(caps, xformer, gap design, etc) and a couple photos. The maximum spark 
>length recorded by the photos would also be given. This might spark (no 
>pun intended) some friendly competition and would also give newcomers a 
>look at what others are doing.
>
>I would like to see some feedback on this idea or if it already exists, 
>some direction on how to find it.
>Thanks
>Jim
>