Re: Adding Secondary High Voltage Mail List group ? ? ?

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Original poster: "Karl Lindheimer by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <karl-at-coolbluesky-dot-com>

Hi Dan,

Interesting question.  I admire your contributions to the list, and your
dedication.  A GM HEI coil refers to a General Motors HEI (High Energy
Ignition) coil that started the capacitative discharge trend in automotive
ignition systems.  These distributors/coils could produce a fat blue spark
over an inch long from 12 VDC.  Since the eighties, these systems have been
standard equipment on GM vehicles.

By the way, I am still the winner in the category II mini coil contest.
Anyone game? http://www.laushaus-dot-com/tesla/minicoilcontest/karllindheimer.htm

Karl

On May 03, 2003 20:30, Tesla list wrote:
 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > The pupman group lists are for the beginner through the expert.  I would
 > say a large majority of posts on the list now are from beginners.  Also,
 > its the beginner's questions which
 > really spark (no pun intended) interesting debates and solutions.
 >
 > By the way, what is an HEI coil???
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >  > And where do the Newbie's go? I became interested in sparks-n-arcs
 >  > reading
 >
 > the
 >
 >  > "Beginner Coil" thread from 1998(?). But it turned into the GMHEICSLR
 >
 > World
 >
 >  > Cup
 >  > Challenge, with rules of engagement. Too exotic for a Newbie.
 >  >
 >  > I'm at the off-the-shelf HEI coil stage, with the laminations still
 >  > installed. Not a true-blue
 >  > Tesla coil; using Pigs, MMC, RSG, magnifiers, top loads......... etc.
 >
 > While
 >
 >  > planning the
 >  > need for another list, consider how a Newbie enters the field. How does
 >  > someone
 >  > start-out and where would he go with questions? Would HEI coil questions
 >
 > be
 >
 >  > allowed
 >  > on the Tesla list?
 >  >
 >  > John
 >  >
 >  > Dan wrote:
 >  >  > Yeah, I guess it does get a bit complicated on what to allow and not
 >
 > allow
 >
 >  >  > as far as posts.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Perhaps things all related to the generation of high voltage and
 >  >  > arcs.
 >
 > For
 >
 >  >  > example, it wouldn't concentrate on the end results of these items
 >  >  > such
 >
 > as
 >
 >  >  > lasers, emp pulse generators, etc...  But would
 >  >  > deal with the actual circuits employed to generate the high voltage.