Re: Lightning on the Lawn aka Midwest Teslathon & Car Show

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>


Your Marx and TC would be great.  The car show is a mixture of everything
old and new.  Pumped up street cars and antiques.

That cable would be perfect for the 220 volt supply.  I'm installing a few
copper ground rods with 100 feet. of 2 ought welding wire for the local
ground.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: Lightning on the Lawn aka Midwest Teslathon & Car Show


 > Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >
 > Dr. R,
 >
 > I can bring a fabricated 4/2 cable that's about 250 feet long.  The ground
 > is only 10AWG as it was created with the sole intent to ground only the
 > power control box.  (the conductors are all taped/tie-wrapped together)  I
 > think we also have a ~150 foot length of 12/9 (yes, 9 conductors of 12AWG
 > in one cable) that can be used in many ways....
 >
 > Sounds like I need to get my new WRX wagon so I can haul back our toroids
 > and my NST! :)
 >
 > I'll bring a table-top Marx Generator (Geek Group's Project Groucho).
 >
 > What kind of general audience is expected?  What sort of car show is
 > it?  Classics, hot-rods, imports?
 >
 > Cheers!
 >
 > Mark Broker
 > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >
 > On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 05:37:49 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >
 > >Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz
 > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 > >
 > >
 > >We will be kicking off the "2nd Annual Lightning on the Lawn" party in
 > >Baraboo, WI, on Sat., Sept. 6th.
 > >
 > >We're coming together with a local car club that will be hosting a large
 > >car show, usually around 350-400 vehicles.  The car show starts at 12
noon
 > >and goes until early evening.  A live DJ will be spinning records.
 > >
 > >We provide the "evening entertainment" from around 4 PM until 10 PM with
 > >our Tesla coils.
 > >
 > >We will have a 220 Volt 100 Ampere service to accomodate most small and
 > >large coils.  I'm fabricating a special 150 ft. long 6 AWG "extension
 > >cord" to bring the power out to our area.
 > >
 > >The car people are asked to bring a dish to pass, but we don't have to
 > >because with people coming from a long distance this provides a chance
for
 > >food poisoning so we will avoid this issue totally.
 > >
 > >Just fire up your trusty TC and load it in the van.
 > >
 > >We will also be doing the deliveries of the large and medium toroids and
 > >the 15 kV 120 mA NST's.  If you want a large NST this is the time to get
 > >it.  Price will be $100 and these are brand new units --- no rejects,
etc.
 > >
 > >We will run a small "swap meet" for anyone that has TC parts for sale
like
 > >caps, xmfrs, and other goodies.
 > >
 > >The location is in the town of Baraboo, WI, which is 9 miles south of
Wis.
 > >Dells exit 92 off I90/94.  The event will be located at the end of Lake
 > >Street in Baraboo at Deppe Auto Restoration (local business).
 > >
 > >Setup time for coilers is 11 AM so we can beat the car crowd.  A setup
 > >area will be cordoned off for unloading.  All loading up will be the next
 > >morning at 10 AM.
 > >
 > >I will have a sig. gen and digital storage scope available to capture
 > >waveforms and a special "fine tuning device" to help peak coils for those
 > >who are interested.
 > >
 > >Hope to see you all there for a fun time . . . . . . . .
 > >
 > >Dr. Resonance
 > >
 > >Resonance Research Corporation
 > >E11870 Shadylane Rd.
 > >Baraboo   WI   53913
 > >
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